Categorised as: Media
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Kindle version of WikiLeaks cables appear on Amazon News
09.12.2010 The Kindle version of the full WikiLeaks cables have turned up on Amazon. -
Icy weather affects HMV peak season News
09.12.2010 HMV Group, the music, DVD and gaming retailer, saw its first-half loss widen in the UK and Ireland and said the severe weather conditions have affected the peak Christmas season. -
Visa.com taken down as Operation Payback continues News
09.12.2010 Visa.com was taken down by hactivist group Anonymous in retaliation for its actions against the WikiLeaks, the whistle-blowing website. -
Twitter says it's not blocking WikiLeaks from trending News
09.12.2010 Social networking giant Twitter has revealed the WikiLeaks saga is not trending is because it is not as popular as people may think, and that they have not blocked it as a... -
Spotify won’t launch in the US by year’s end News
08.12.2010 Music-streaming service Spotify, which is available in several European countries not including Ireland, will not be arriving to the US by the end of the year, in spite of... -
Salesforce.com acquires Heroku for US$212m cash News
08.12.2010 Salesforce.com has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Heroku, a cloud application platform for writing Ruby-based applications, for about US$212m.Categories: Web, Virtualisation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Media, Internet, Financial, eCommerce, Digital Media, Deals Done, Cloud -
MasterCard targeted for Wikileaks account freeze News
08.12.2010 Credit card giants MasterCard Inc and Visa Europe have suspended card payments to Wikileaks, following the publication of sensitive US cables, and in retaliation 4Chan has taken... -
Wikileaks does not violate content standards, Facebook says News
08.12.2010 Despite the growing opposition facing website Wikileaks, Facebook insists it will keep its page alive as Wikileaks has not violated Facebook's standards.Categories: Web, Social Media, Media, Internet, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Business, Communications -
Smartphones will run on tablet technology, RIM says News
08.12.2010 Tablet device software will soon be incorporated into BlackBerry smartphones, according to Research in Motion (RIM) CEO Mike Lazaridis. -
Assange refused bail and will face Swedish hearing - reports News
07.12.2010 Julian Assange has been refused bail, according to a series of tweets on social network website Twitter. -
Bejeweled 3 is out now News
07.12.2010 Bejeweled 3 has arrived, PopCap Game’s first true sequel to the franchise in six years, bringing twice as many game modes than before, eight mini games and new sound and visuals. -
UK police arrest Wikileaks founder Julian Assange News
07.12.2010 The man at the centre of the furore generated by leaking official US embassy communications, Julian Assange, has been arrested in London after reportedly handing himself into... -
Reviewed: Gran Turismo 5 News
07.12.2010 It’s been delayed for years, but finally, the long-awaited driving simulator has reached our shores. So how has it held up after such a long development time? -
Adobe provides protection solution for Google e-books News
07.12.2010 Adobe Systems has announced that the Adobe Content Server 4 (ACS4) software has been licensed by Google as an e-book content protection solution. -
World of Warcraft : Cataclysm on sale today News
07.12.2010 The long-awaited World of Warcraft (WoW) expansion – Cataclysm – is now available. -
Amazon ready to rival Google's e-bookstore News
07.12.2010 Amazon is set to announce new additions to its Kindle for web that will see the company go head to head with Google’s e-bookstore launch yesterday, according to reports. -
Black Ops dethrones Gran Turismo in sales chart News
06.12.2010 After flirting with pole position for a mere week, Gran Turismo 5 (GT5) has been pipped at the finish line by its main rival - Call of Duty: Black Ops - for top spot in the UK... -
Dublin man fatally stabbed over PlayStation 3 game News
06.12.2010 An argument over a computer game led to a fatal stabbing last Thursday, leaving one man dead and another injured. -
Google courts Star Trek technology with latest acquisition News
06.12.2010 Google has announced the acquisition of a speech synthesis company the internet search giant expects will deliver it "towards a Star Trek future".Categories: Web, Mergers & Acquisitions, Media, Investments, Internet, Financial, Digital Media, Digital Business, Development, Deals Done -
BT to trial 1GB/s broadband in the UK News
06.12.2010 Telecoms company British Telecom (BT) has announced its latest plans for "super-fast broadband", which involves a technical trial of one Gigabit (GB) of fibre broadband speeds.