Free UK mobile service runs straight into connectivity problems
Free UK mobile phone network - Blyk - has already run into technical problems. A notice on the web site says that it’s having problems with picture messaging (MMS).
Articles and Reviews from Voodish
Welcome to our Articles section, we try and update this section at least twice weekly, so check back regularly for the most up to date info. Our sections include Future of Computing, Internet Tools, Tea Break and Web Development.Sep 25 2007
Server worth $1.5 million wrecked by forklift
An angry legal battle has broken out after an IBM server worth £750,000 (~$1.5m) was wrecked falling off a fork-lift truck being used to move it.
Microsoft updating Windows without User consent
Microsoft has begun patching files on Windows XP and Vista without users’ knowledge, even when the users have turned off auto-updates.
Facebook costs UK firms £130 million a day
An employment firm has worked out that social noetworking sites such as Facebook cost UK firms about £130 million daily.
Police to email Spyware to Terrorists
The German Government are asking to be allowed to email Trojan horse spyware to terrorist suspects in order to surreptitiously monitor their Internet use and inspect their computer hard drives remotely, the Associated Press reports.
You have ‘Bacn’
Bacn - a growingly popular term for email that you want but not right now; Bacn… better than Spam but not as good as sausage.
3am phone call stops cracked iPhone in its tracks
Belfast based UniquePhones received a 3am call from a lawyer representing AT&T, warning them that selling unlocking software could constitute copyright infringement and illegal software dissemination.
The British firm’s plan to sell software that could open the iPhone to non-US networks has been put on hold following legal threats.
