Mar
4
2009
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 [...]
Category: iPod | Tags: iPhone, Online, Software, Technology
Mar
3
2009
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’ [...]
| Tags: Broadband, Entertainment, Gadgets, Online, Technology, Wireless
Feb
24
2009
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 [...]
Category: Apple | Tags: Online, PC, Software
Feb
20
2009
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 [...]
| Tags: Online, PC, Wireless
Feb
20
2009
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 [...]
| Tags: Digital Audio, Online, Portable Media, Wireless
Feb
20
2009
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 [...]
Category: Games | Tags: Online
Feb
19
2009
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 [...]
| Tags: Announcements, Online
Feb
19
2009
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 [...]
| Tags: Digital Audio, movies, Online
Feb
18
2009
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 [...]
| Tags: Online, Software
Feb
18
2009
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 [...]
| Tags: Broadband, Digital Audio, movies, Online
Feb
17
2009
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 [...]
Category: Games | Tags: movies, Online
Feb
16
2009
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 [...]
Category: Games | Tags: Broadband, Digital Audio, movies, Music, Online
Feb
13
2009
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 [...]
| Tags: Announcements, Broadband, Online
Feb
13
2009
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 [...]
| Tags: Online, PC, Wireless
Feb
12
2009
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 [...]
Category: iPod | Tags: Entertainment, iPhone, Online
Feb
11
2009
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 [...]
| Tags: Announcements, Online, TV
Feb
11
2009
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 [...]
| Tags: Online, PC, Science, Technology
Feb
10
2009
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 [...]
| Tags: Entertainment, Gadgets, Mobile Devices, Online, Technology
Feb
9
2009
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 [...]
| Tags: Announcements, Online
Feb
9
2009
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 [...]
Category: Apple, iPod | Tags: iPhone, Online, TV