Broadband, TV and smart home technology
The first rule of the YouView trial is: You Do Not Talk About The YouView Trial. YouView is taking registrations for its public trial of…
King’s Cross and Warren Street are the first two London Underground stations to come with Wi-Fi. Now we can finally tweet our frustrations about that…
Sky HD viewers will start to see a new-look sharper programme guide in the next few weeks, with Anytime, recordings and search given a higher…
O2 and Be Broadband are the latest UK ISPs to block The Pirate Bay in the UK. Be Broadband has already started blocking access to…
O2 and Vodafone have announced a joint plan to ‘to strengthen network collaboration for faster roll out of high-speed mobile services in the UK.’ Both…
World IPv6 Day kicks off today and (for the industry at least) it’s a landmark day. In a nutshell, websites switching to IPv6 means that…
Most security passwords are weak, but younger computer users pick passwords half the strength of over-55s says the largest-ever study of password security. Security researchers…
Xbox 360 games controllers could be getting even less use when SmartGlass arrives later this year alongside Internet Explorer, music subscriptions and more video channels….
Humax’s YouView smart TV recorder has entered the product roster in John Lewis’s latest print catalogue at just under £300. The YouView box isn’t visible…
Prince William is ‘the most dangerous royal’ online according to security company McAfee. While not responsible for Stuxnet, running a meth lab or part of…
This week there’s been some real gems in the comments. Many of you got in touch to let us know your feelings on Sky blocking…
Broadband Rollout Roundup is our weekly round-up of where new broadband connections have been rolled out, or will be rolling out, in areas across the…
KC, the Hull-based ISP has launched KC Lightstream 350, a 350Mbps service that’s being touted as the UK’s fastest full fibre broadband service. A FTTP…
German cable provider Kabel Deutschland has more than triple Virgin Media’s fastest broadband speed connection with a 4,700Mbps field test. The record-breaking test was run…
Three’s new MiFi dongle, the Value Huawei E5331, is available now. The dongle, also known as the Huawei Value MiFi, can be snapped up for £29.99…
IKEA’s Uppleva TV isn’t coming out in the UK for a least another year. But that’s no reason not to salivate over the latest Uppleva…
After the spat between BT and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, broadband provider Hyperoptic has stepped up to the plate and publicly offered…
A quite literal addition to our Digital Home section is Skanect; another Kinect mod that shows off how sophisticated Microsoft’s little sensor bar is and…
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