Archive for January, 2008
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
Posted on January 24th, 2008 in Tech News | No Comments »
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.…