Wikipedia marks 10th anniversary

January 16, 2011

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales celebrated the website's 10th anniversary as the online encyclopedia mogul admits he commonly is mistaken for WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange. Wikipedia provides a collaborative environment for users to provide free online information on a diverse range of ...

Financial Times names Steve Jobs as Person of the Year

December 25, 2010

The Financial Times, a British financial publication, has crowned Steve Jobs, head and c0-founder of Apple, has "Person of the Year'. The title, announced Thursday, symbolizes Jobs' remarkable overhaul of the company, which was failing when Jobs took over as head ...

Tesco offers prepaid Facebook Credit cards

November 21, 2010

UK retailers Game and Tesco will be among the first to carry prepaid cards with Facebook Credits on them. The popular social networking site uses a system known as Facebook Credits that allows users to make microtransactions in social games and ...

Employees wasting time on Facebook study says

November 13, 2010

According to a new study, employees are spending valuable work time on social networking sites like Facebook, costing businesses dearly. The news emerged from a report conducted by Peninsula, a law firm that specialises in employment law. Results were based on ...

MySpace returns to music

October 31, 2010

As MySpace looks to compete with the ever-growing entity that is Facebook, executives at the once-popular networking site will return the webpage to its roots; an outlet for budding musicians. When MySpace first began, the social networking site placed a heavy ...

VMS keeps computers running smoothly

September 19, 2010

As computers takeover as the basis for modern interactions today, memory capacity has become essential for computer performance. As part of the solution to improve upon memory systems and storage space, Virtual Memory Systems have been heralded as ...

Virgin set to educate users on computer malware

August 22, 2010

Virgin Media has plans to educate internet users on the harmful effects of malware, malicious software placed unwittingly on computers around the world which not only slows down the PCs, but can also lead to identity theft and even banking ...

Vodafone Launches MiFi Mobile Broadband

August 19, 2010

Vodafone, the UK mobile service provider, has launched a portable wireless hotspot they are calling Mobile Wi-Fi, which is much like the MiFi devices released in the US. The new hotspot allows users to connected up ...

Sky Sports Viewers Hit with BT Vision Problems

August 10, 2010

BT has apologized to subscribers that were left unable to view Sky Sports channels due to technical problems with the new service during its first week of launch - Sky Sports 1 and 2 were made available ...

Carphone Warehouse Introduces Music Anywhere to rival Spotify and iTunes

August 9, 2010

Carphone Warehouse, the mobile phone provider, has launched Music Anywhere, a music service that may be a big rival for Spotify and iTunes in terms of streaming music to internet-enabled mobile devices. The service is only ...