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Mar 4 2009

Amazon Kindle Lands On The iPhone [Maybe Not Yours Though]

Amazon is hoping to spread its Kindle software beyond its own Kindle ebook reader by announcing a version for the iPhone and iPod touch. The free application from the Apple App Store lets you “enjoy [...]


Mar 3 2009

The UK’s ‘Superfast Broadband’ Speeds Up

Telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today announced that it will remove regulatory barriers to speed up BT’s rollout of superfast broadband across the UK. The regulator said that it will not present any ‘regulatory barriers’ [...]


Feb 24 2009

Safari 4 Beta Available, Offers New Features And High Speeds

Mac users will be pleased to know that they might have something to crow about in the web browser stakes, following today’s release of the public beta version of Safari 4. Apple states [...]


Feb 20 2009

BenQ Introduces Slimline AIO Internet PCs

BenQ seems to have taken some inspiration from a certain other big player in the market with its new range of slimline all-in-one PCs. The model pictured above is the i91 and certainly [...]


Feb 20 2009

Philips Releases Two New GoGear PMPs

Philips has recently added a couple of new media players to its GoGear range in the Opus and Ariaz. The Opus is the less exciting looking of the two and is oriented more towards [...]


Feb 20 2009

World’s First 3D Casino To Open In March

If you like passing the time (and money) with a bit of the old online gambling, things will get a lot more real with the launch of the world’s first 3D casino. Le Croupier [...]


Feb 19 2009

Yahoo Search Doing Quite Well, Google’s Figures Drop

In some rather surprising news on the search engine front, Yahoo’s domestic share has risen to 21% following six months in a row of steady increases. Admittedly this is only half a percent but [...]


Feb 19 2009

Day Three Of The Pirate Bay Case, Prosecution Tries To Justify Demands

We don’t want to spend too much time talking about The Pirate Bay’s ongoing court case but there were some rather interesting comments made on day three, so here’s a quick rundown. In a [...]


Feb 18 2009

IE In Trouble Again, New Patch Essential To Shore Up Security Hole

Oh dear, poor old Internet Explorer has been the victim of a few more high-profile attacks recently, and so soon after vulnerability flaws were addressed just last week. Microsoft warned that consistent exploit [...]


Feb 18 2009

50% Of Charges Dropped Already In The Pirate Bay Case

As pointed out by one on-the-ball contributor in our previous post, the latest case against torrent giants Pirate Bay has all but descended into a farce just two days in. 50% of the charges [...]


Feb 17 2009

Indie Short Created Using Footage From Half Life 2

If you enjoyed watching the Steam engine being used to test fire drills and you’re a fan of indie movies you’ll want to check out ‘Escape From City 17′, which was created by the [...]


Feb 16 2009

Pirate Bay In Court Again, Can Anyone Stop Torrent Giants?

The Pirate Bay is being hauled up on charges again, this time in Sweden, where a trial began today to attempt to shut down the infamous torrent sharing site on the basis that even [...]


Feb 13 2009

YouTube To [Officially] Offer Direct Downloads For Video

In a move that is frankly long overdue, YouTube has announced that it will be trialling an upgrade to its service that allows users to download videos directly from the site and watch them [...]


Feb 13 2009

Medion Offers Cheap Yet Basic Compact PC Setup

Following Medion’s recently announced Aldi deal on its AKOYA E3300 multimedia PC, it has now entered the ultra-compact arena with the AKOYA E2005 D Nettop. This mini-tower unit is aimed at home computing and [...]


Feb 12 2009

Marvel Unveils First ‘Motion Comic Books’

Are you ready for the next evolution in comics books? If so, they’ll be coming to an iTunes near you as the first ‘motion comic books’. That’s the name Marvel is giving to [...]


Feb 11 2009

Channel 4 To Launch CatchUp TV Service

Now that Project Kangaroo has hopped off into the sunset we’re waiting to see what the UK’s terrestrial channels do on their lonesome, and the first to announce an improvement to its online service [...]


Feb 11 2009

The Complete Animated History Of The Internet

It’s quite stunning just how reliant we have become on the Internet these days but its history and development have been exhaustively documented over the last past 50 or so years. That’s why [...]


Feb 10 2009

Amazon Kindle 2 Officially Launched [Just Not For The UK]

As we reported at the weekend, Amazon launched the new Kindle 2 eBook reader yesterday with lots of improvements over its ugly predecessor. The better looking Kindle 2 has not only had a complete [...]


Feb 9 2009

Survey: Facebook Photos Could Cost You A Job

If you’re considering updating a Facebook page with that picture of you dancing on the bar with your trousers round your ankles on New Years Eve then best think again, particularly if you’re also [...]


Feb 9 2009

iTunes UK Gets Lots Of New HD Content

HD-starved iTunes users in the UK can now start stretching their broadband download limits as Apple has added a host of new, and badly needed, HD content to the site. Lost HD went live at [...]