Broadband, TV and smart home technology
Around 92,000 music videos have been added to the Xbox Music service on the Xbox One games console, according to the official Xbox One blog….
Hackers operating a wide-scale malware attack could have affected over 300,000 wireless routers across the world, a report reveals. Researchers Team Cymru say that the…
Bitcoin, the web-based cryptocurrency, is being accepted by a seller of illegal child abuse images and videos, according to the IWF (Internet Watch Foundation). Research…
A government special adviser closely involved in drawing up plans for default porn filters has been arrested on child abuse imagery allegations. Patrick Rock, 62,…
GCHQ and other spy agencies have to change how they collect data from internet users, according to Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper. Cooper said Labour wants…
Gigaclear has been given the go-ahead to rollout an ultrafast fibre-to-the-premises broadband network in an Oxfordshire village. The ISP will design, build, implement, and operate…
Parents with Virgin Media TiVo can now keep the kids entertained with the My Nick Jr. app. The app, available to L and XL customers, allows parents to…
Narcoleptic film fans might enjoy a prototype upgrade to Netflix: the service can use a Fitbit activity tracker to pause itself if you fall asleep…
To celebrate the launch of Virgin Media’s new up to 152Mbps broadband service, we were invited to see the company’s latest invention; a hybrid car-front…
An influential group of MPs wants BT frozen out of further rural broadband cash until it reveals the scope of its current superfast plans. The Public…
Are you in the internet slow lane? Independent ISPs want you to register so they can show government where it needs to spend superfast broadband…
The BBC Trust has greenlit plans to launch a new online shop selling BBC programmes to download and keep. Dubbed BBC Store, viewers will be…
Football fans and concert-goers could soon find more reliable WiFi at big arenas with a technology with allows 10 times more people to log in….
Sky will no longer charge the BBC and ITV for millions of pounds for listing their TV channels in the on-screen Sky Guide. The deals…
Virgin Media has removed peak time download caps on its network, easing things up for a great majority of customers. The changes, due to go…
BT has called on Ofcom to tear up rules related to wholesale broadband pricing, which it argues puts BT Consumer at a disadvantage to its…
Three has announced that every customer capable of getting 4G on its network is now getting it. The network, arriving fashionably late to the party,…
Worldwide supersmash hit cartoon series Pokemon is heading to Netflix. The series, starring those pocket-sized fighting monsters, starts on Netflix from 1 March. Streaming in…
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