Broadband, TV and smart home technology
Apple iTV, the long rumoured Apple digital TV set, may start to enter the early stages of production soon, according to Foxconn chief Terry Gou….
The contentious Communications Bill green paper which was announced in this year’s Queen’s Speech has prompted six ISPs to join ISPA – the the Internet…
Kinect Star Wars might not have set the galaxy on fire as far as the reviews go, but this technical demo of 3D video chat,…
‘Tis the season for quarterly results; Telefonica, owners of O2 and Be Broadband, has just posted its latest figures for last year to the end…
Public WiFi operator The Cloud will launch free WiFi hotspots in 24 shopping centres around the UK. Shopping centre owner Land Securities has invited The…
Orange TV Check is a new check-in service for TV programmes in a similar vein to GetGlue. Or, if you’re not acquainted with GetGlue, it’s…
If you’re not convinced that encryption and well-chosen passwords are enough to keep people off of your web connection, then perhaps a few rolls of…
Community-based superfast rural broadband projects can win up to £300 per premises they reach with the government’s Rural Community Broadband Fund. The RCBF has opened…
The EU Parliament declared that mobile networks will not be able to charge customers more than 70 Euro cents per MB when a new ruling…
After BT’s celebratory announcement this morning that the group had connected 10 million UK homes and businesses to its next-gen Infinity fibre network, we caught up…
The humble laser pen, perennial favourite in the cat botherer’s arsenal, could one day help you get faster broadband in the home. Research from the…
Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester are among the 21 cities being invited to run local TV channels by communications regulator Ofcom. The regulator is…
Satellite TV and EPG signals could be sent to tablets, TVs and set-top boxes around your home using a new technology developed by satellite operator…
BT has announced that it’s connected ten million UK homes and businesses to its next-gen fibre broadband network, providing speeds of up to 80Mbps. The…
Local hero ISP Allpay, which specialises in providing wireless broadband solutions, has done a deal with Herfordshire Housing which will see tenants able to get…
Irish broadcaster RTÉ has launched Saorsat, a free satellite TV service for the two per cent of the country who can’t get the Saorview digital…
Ofcom has just announced that the UK networks must provide 3G services to 90 per cent of the UK by 2013 if they’re to continue…
The UK’s average TV screen size is just 30.6 inches despite sales of big-screen TVs rising 12 per cent last year. In 2008, the average…
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