The beancounters over at iSuppli have taken Google's Nexus One smartphone apart and calculated it costs approximately £107.85 to make
January 11, 2010
Spammers Flocking To Free Web Hosting Sites
Security vendor McAfee has warned in a new report that spammers are increasingly turning to free-hosting websites to provide spam URLs
Alcatel Lucent Vows To Boost Network Efficiency 1000-Fold
The Green Touch consortium, led by Alcatel Lucent's Bell Labs, promises it can cut the energy used by the world's data networks by a factor of 1000
Acer Recalls Thousands Of Notebooks Over Burn Concerns
Acer has issued a recall for 22,000 notebooks after admitting that some of them may pose a "burn hazard”
Twitter Hiring Push Focuses On Security And Products
In a sign of Twitter's increasing commercial focus, the micro-blogging site has announced it is to hire 27 new employees in a push for profitability
Facebook’s Zuckerberg Questions Privacy Expectations
Privacy is no longer a social norm, according to the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg commenting on the rise of social networking
Poor Families To Get Government Laptops
The government has announced plans to provide 270,000 low-income families with free laptops and broadband access, as part of its £300 million Home Access scheme
Vodafone Drops Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X2
Vodafone has abandoned plans to stock Sony Ericsson's Windows Mobile-based Xperia X2 - while Orange has dropped Nokia's N97 Mini
MOD Dragon’s Den Funds Intelligent Networking Tech
The MOD's military technology fund has invested in a new product called Bubblephone, which could be used to help troops stay in contact in Mountainous areas
Government Hails Recession-Busting European GPS-Rival Contracts
A UK company has won the contract to create a European rival to GPS, but the satellites themselves are to be built by a German manufacturer in Bremen
US FCC Questioned Over Net Neutrality Decision
The FCC faces tough questions about its legal authority to penalise Comcast for throttling peer-to-peer traffic from BitTorrent
Visa Receives £37m Over Data Breach Incident
Heartland Payment Systems agrees to pay as much as $60 million (£37m) to Visa to address losses by credit and debit cardholders affected by the data breach Heartland suffered in 2008
Microsoft Requests Judicial Review Of Word-Ban Case
Microsoft requests that all 11 judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit review a long-running case between the software giant and i4i
Google Planning Tablets, Netbooks After Nexus One Say Analysts
Google wants to build big mobile hardware margins from the Nexus One smartphone and future Android-based devices, such as netbooks and tablets say analysts
Green IT Investments Return Despite Uncertain Recovery
In its quarterly look at green IT, Forrester found that as the global recession begins to ebb, businesses are starting to ramp up investments in green IT