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Blue Jeans Cable gets cease-and-desist from Monster Cable

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: April 15, 2008
Filed under: Accessories, Electronics

What happens when a Big company like Monster Cable sends a cease-and-desist to a small company, well in most cases the small company does as they are told or they fight back and again most times they lose because the…

Truphone to gain SIM4travel’s travel SIM capability

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: April 13, 2008
Filed under: Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones

It looks like Truphone is to gain SIM4travel’s travel SIM capability thanks to their takeover of the business and it’s assets which include staff in London and Portugal, the infrastructure, distribution and customer base. Phones Review reported “With this takeover…

Nokia Tube: should shareholders be worried?

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: April 8, 2008
Filed under: Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones

Following on from Mark’s post earlier today about the Nokia Tube, a cellphone/handheld computer that’s aiming its targets at the Apple iPhone. We had a comment early today on PR that raises an interesting question about Apple’s rule over the…

Smart Phone Industry Report: Research In Motion’s (RIMM) BlackBerry and the Apple (AAPL) iPhone

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: April 1, 2008
Filed under: Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones

The battle for supremacy in the smart phone industry has transformed into a two-way race between Research In Motion’s (RIMM) BlackBerry and the Apple (AAPL) iPhone, according to a March 17-24 ChangeWave survey of 3,597 consumers. The survey shows RIM…

Nokia N96 will be possibly getting xenon flash: True or False

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: March 31, 2008
Filed under: Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones, Handsets

According to Phones Review who got their information from another source they are saying that the super smartphone Nokia N96 will possibly getting xenon flash, maybe this is true but then again maybe it is false, we will have to…

South Korea fire causes laptop battery shortage: Asus, HP and Dell affected already

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: March 27, 2008
Filed under: Computers, Laptops

So when you hear about a South Korea fire you may read the news and think “well its miles away and does not affect me”, but this will not be the case for many computer users. The fire was at…

Do we really need 200 possible endings on Fallout 3 game?

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: March 25, 2008
Filed under: Gaming

We all like playing games and we really love the ending to be fantastic, but do we really need 200 possible endings on Fallout 3 game? Yes most games have one ending and we all know that some games offer…

Koodo Mobile official launch is today under Telus name

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: March 17, 2008
Filed under: Cell Phone Information

The latest mobile news has it that Canada are about to get a new mobile outlet which is launching today and yes similar to that of Fido. Koodo Mobile are launching under the tag name Telus. They are offering superb…

Key Changes to O2 Mobile Phones: Consumer Pay Monthly terms and conditions

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: March 13, 2008
Filed under: Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones

If you connected or upgraded before 29 June 2007 (or before 18 September 2007 if you connected through Carphone Warehouse) the following applies to you. If you connected or upgraded on or after these dates the following changes already form…

Why was 1998 the best year for gaming, this video explains

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: March 12, 2008
Filed under: Game Video & Trailers, Gaming

This video found on Game Trailers tries to explain why 1998 was the best year for gaming, but is the video creator right or did he repeat himself endlessly in parts and sound boring as this did not convince me….

Audi Shares Profits: average auto worker gets $8,138 bonus

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: March 12, 2008
Filed under: Autos

It looks like Audi is a good company to work for; they have made massive profits in the last fiscal year and have decided to share 222 million euros with its 45,000 employees via Audi’s extended employee profit sharing plan….

Survey reveals BlackBerry on top of Palm: 73 percent choose RIM

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: March 6, 2008
Filed under: Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones

Oh it seems that things are on a downward slope for Palm according to a survey, PALM were the ones that began the smartphone revolution and we know that and with bringing in a new range of stunning corporate handsets…

Ford Recall Update: 470K Mustang sports cars recalled, air bag software update

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: February 28, 2008
Filed under: Autos

It is under 3 months since Ford Motor Co recalled 1.2 million trucks and SUVs due to a faulty sensor and today we are hearing that there is a Ford recall for 470,000 Mustangs in the US. The sports cars…

UK at forefront of the high definition (HD) revolution: Sony Blu-ray sales to rocket

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: February 28, 2008
Filed under: Electronics, High Definition

The UK is at the forefront of the high definition (HD) revolution and is leading the way in Europe in next generation disk sales. Based on a rapid uptake of sales in 2007, DEG Europe, a non-profit, pan-industry body to…

Official New Apple MacBook Pro News: upgraded with multi-touch like Mac Air

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: February 26, 2008
Filed under: Computers, Laptops

Yesterday the web was alight with news about new Apple MacBook’s and MacBook Pro’s coming today, but later in the day it was getting clearer that this was going to be a refresh rather than new laptops. We have now…