Archive for January, 2008

Moto phones in a billion dollar loss

Posted on January 24th, 2008 in Tech News | No Comments »

Woes continue

Despite a new CEO, there are no signs yet of a turnaround for Motorola. The company’s mobile phone division recorded a shocking quarter, with the unit’s revenues down 38 per cent year-on-year, losing $388m along the way. Motorola’s mobile division recorded a $1.2bn loss in 2007.…

Hull disappears off t’internet

Posted on January 24th, 2008 in Tech News | No Comments »

Karoo boo boo

Karoo, Hull’s monopoly ADSL provider, has been hit by a major outage today that has forced much of the city’s population offline.…

Will Microsoft parachute Windows 7 in early?

Posted on January 24th, 2008 in Tech News | No Comments »

Curtains for Vista in ‘H2 2009′

Redmond has refused to spike speculation that it is racing to pump out its successor to Vista – Windows 7 – earlier than originally expected.…

Linux-less Eee PC launched in Japan

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Windows XP Home and free 4GB SDHC card instead

Asus has formally launched its bonsai laptop, the Eee PC, in Japan, pre-installing the machine with Windows XP Home Edition rather than Linux.…

Illegal immigrants spared the gamma-ray scanner

Posted on January 24th, 2008 in Tech News | No Comments »

French ban Calais lorry probes

The French have banned Brit border guards at Calais from deploying immigrant-hunting gamma-ray scanners, claiming they breach EU health and safety regulations and can only be used with the intended targets’ written permission.…