Google sorry of Gmail problem
Millions of Gmail users found that they were unable to access their emails due to an outage that lasted up to three hours.
Users were left with no account access for emails or other Google services, but at around half past ten in the morning users attempting to log into their accounts were faced with a [...]
Apple sued over iPhone speed
For Apple this is law suit that will not go away, it keeps coming back but in the hands of different customers who have bought the iPhone only find that it does not match up with the performance and standards that they expect from Apple.
The complaints centre around the hairline cracks that are appearing on [...]
Operating systems battle over netbooks
Anyone who has even just looked into buying a netbook will realise that unlike laptops, these smaller and devices that are more mobile have one thing in common; no operating system dominates the market.
This can be confusing for some people who are not up to speed with the changes and choices in operating systems, but [...]
Why buy a netbook
Netbooks are the latest big hit in the computing world, but why should any user go out and buy one of these computers.
Netbooks don’t have to be your primary computer
They’re not underpowered for what they really do
They’re sitting on the edge of a ubiquitous connectivity revolution
You can dock
The price and size appeal is real
But are [...]
Netbook or ultra lite Laptop for 2009?
There is a wide range of computing equipment out there already and for some people the amount of choice is just too staggering. However, there is confusion out there between the netbook and the ultra lite laptop.
To many users they would not be able to tell the difference between the two as the only indicator [...]
Being safe with your data
As we have seen in the past year, keeping data is not a very easy thing to do, after all if the government can lose data left right and centre what hope is there for the rest of us.
Well unlike governments and those people who work for them, most individuals are very particular in the [...]
Cheap laptops for children
Many people may have heard about the scheme where children who are under privileged or live in developing countries, it goes under the title of The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) scheme, but unlike before this newly launched scheme will be available in the EU too.
The scheme offers an XO Laptop and basically, how it [...]
Just how many people respond to spam
There is still one thing that puzzles the tech world when it comes to spammers and that is why do they keep doing it, the motive was always to make money, but surely the spammers are still not making any cash.
Well you only have to check your inbox to see that the spammers are still [...]
Astronauts to use e-vote
In the UK, the government have just decided not to allow the voters to use e-voting for the 2009 local and European elections; maybe they should be taking a look at what is happening in the US election.
They have taken e-voting to a new level by allowing the astronauts based on the international space station [...]
Technology keeping families in touch
With new technology comes the fear that it will replace something that we hold dear to our lives like family. We often hear that kids spend hours up in their bedrooms, whereas it was not that long ago when they used to take over the TV.
Yet it has been found through by Pew Internet that [...]