19th September 2009 Archive

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• Ten sizzling gizmos survive economic nightmare

  It's the holiday gadget season. Apparently

  They don't call it Pepcom for nothing. After a year of economic Meltdown, you might expect financially embattled companies to limit their investment in new technologies. But the mood was upbeat at New York's Pepcom Holiday Spectacular on Thursday, and there was no shortage of new consumer goodies, each designed to attract your …

  Hardware 19 Sep 2009, 00:07

• DoJ urges court to reject (unedited) Googlebooks pact

  Concerns over class action, copyright, antitrust law

  The US Department of Justice has advised a federal court to reject Google's $125m book-scanning settlement with American authors and publishers, citing concerns over class action, copyright, and antitrust law. But in the same legal breath, it urged the parties involved in the case to continue discussions intended to alleviate …

  Media 19 Sep 2009, 05:16

• Disconnection phone scam targets UK consumers

  BT and Ofcom warn over nascent con

  Scammers posing as representatives of phone service providers, such as BT, are calling up UK subscribers in an attempt to trick prospective marks into handing over credit card or bank details under threat of disconnection. Plausibility is added to the scam by a trick designed to fool people into thinking that their line has …

  Security 19 Sep 2009, 07:11

• Advanced English Dictionary

  iPhone App Review Encyclopaedia of words

  Apple bundles a decent Dictionary application with Mac OS X, so it's surprising that it doesn't do the same with the iPhone. You may only need to consult a dictionary once in a while, but it's nice to have one handy. Putting it on a smartphone means you can always have it with you. Apple should have included one   Advanced …

  Phones 19 Sep 2009, 08:02

• Google Apps sics crawlers on public docs and sheets

  Beware what you publish

  Google will soon allow search engines to crawl and index documents, spreadsheets, and presentations published to the web via its online office suite, Google Apps. On Friday, in a letter to Google Apps users, the web giant informed users the change would arrive "in a few weeks." This was confirmed by a Google spokeswoman in an …

  Applications 19 Sep 2009, 20:53