BSkyB this morning reported that Irish Sky digital customers rose from 19,000 to 484,000 in the 3 months up to March. This new figure is equivalent to 33pc of all Irish homes, the company said and represents a 19pc growth on the year.
Revenues at Sky’s Irish and UK operations increased by [...]
Microsoft has unveiled a number of new details about Silverlight the company’s new Flash competitor. In series of announcements at the ongoing Mix 07 conference, Microsoft revealed that portions of the new development platform would be open source.Specifically, the Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) component of Silverlight will be released under an open source license. The [...]
Dell is trying for a second time to sell personal computers with Linux pre-installed, this time using the up-and-coming Ubuntu version of the open-source operating system.
At the end of May, the No. 2 PC maker will begin selling some consumer-focused laptop and desktop models with Ubuntu’s new “Feisty Fawn” version of Linux installed, Dell spokesman [...]
The V1BLUEe from iSymphony claims to be the world’s first home stereo that is fully A2DP Bluetooth enabled. The slim and trendy system can be either wall mounted or placed on the table. It belts out 45 watts of sound power via 10 watts x 2 front facing speakers and 25-watt subwoofer built into [...]
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Acer America today announced a voluntary program for the replacement of certain notebook computer lithium-ion batteries containing Sony-made cells. The following Acer notebook computer models sold in the United States and Canada may have battery packs affected by this replacement program: TravelMate Series Beginning with:242x, 320x, 321x, 330x, [...]
In PC Magazine’s upcoming May 8th issue they have listed the top 10 most commonly used passwords online. So in case you are using any one of them change it ASAP.
List
1. password
2. 123456
3. qwerty
4. abc123
5. letmein
6. monkey
7. myspace1
8. password1
9. blink182
10. (your first name)
Google has knocked Microsoft from its pedestal as the world’s top-ranked brand, according to findings released on Monday. The rankings, compiled by market research firm Millward Brown, also put Google ahead of well-established brands like General Electric, No 2; Coca-Cola., No 4; Wal-Mart Stores, No 7; and IBM, No 9.For Google, which ranked No 7 [...]
