Broadband, TV and smart home technology
You might have hear a few things about the connected home; now get ready for the connected city. London’s Greenwich peninsula is to the test…
Britons’ understanding of smart TV will get a boost tonight when millions of Friday night TV viewers see Panasonic’s latest ad for its Viera TV…
T-Mobile customers can finally get a discount on Orange Home Broadband, like Orange mobile customers have been able to for a while now. Open to…
BT Openreach has issued repair work delay warnings across southern England as April’s record-breaking wet weather continues into May. Openreach, which manages BT’s UK telephone…
MTV is jumping on the on-demand bandwagon in the UK, having launched a new portal on it’s UK website. The site, live now, can be…
BT Infinity, BT’s cable services finally launched after Virgin Media had enjoyed being the sole mainstream provider of cable since 2006. We’ve taken a comprehensive…
BT has developed a fibre-optic cable which can make sharp turns without kinking and could slash the cost of installing superfast broadband to homes and…
Sky appears to have purchased Acetrax, the video on-demand operator based in Switzerland, for an undisclosed sum. Acetrax, which has inked distribution deals with the…
Not content to ply us with on-demand movies and catch-up TV, YouTube is set to stream fresh content on new Original Channels in the UK….
America is the second-most aggressive source of internet attack traffic – and it’s getting worse. China leads the list of net bad boys, accounting for…
Sky is on track to publicly launch Now TV by the summer, before YouView formally launches. Figures for Sky’s first quarter 2012 yesterday also included…
Militant file-sharers are planning direct action against Virgin Media for obeying a court order to block The Pirate Bay. The protesters plans range from denial-of-service…
Broadband Britain is facing a £1.1 billion shortfall if it’s to haul the UK out of the internet dark ages, according to a report from…
We’re used to seeing ultrabooks, tablets and mobiles competing for the ‘world’s slimmest’ title but now the Size Zero product mania has gripped the Freeview…
The RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People) and TVonics have teamed up to create the DTR-HD500; a Freeview+ HD set top box that sends…
Britain’s broadband is getting faster. High speed fibre-optic connections are no longer the preserve of a lucky few on pilot projects with BT and other…
Since BT Openreach was required to open up it’s fibre optic network, we’ve seen a few of ISPs offering or preparing to launch ‘up to’…
DAB and wireless radio makers Pure have celebrated 10 years of being in the business in style with the Evoke Mio Union Jack, a digital radio…
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