UK’s internet infrastructure at risk from future flooding

Lumison, one of the UK's leading business-class ISPs, has warned of the implications of current flooding and the industry’s wider sensitivity to risks in the future, and that future floods in.. more

Hauppage introduces low-cost HDTV tuner for PCs

Hauppage Digital has unveiled a £99 TV tuner card which enables free to air HD content to be viewed on a PC or linked TV. No subscription is required to watch.. more

Predicted 500 million global broadband users by 2010

Strategy Analytics, a technology consultancy, predicts that by 2010 there will be more than 500 million mobile broadband subscribers in the world, with xDSL (ADSL etc.) representing over 50% of the.. more

NXP invests €90m in wireless-USB technology

NXP Semiconductors plans to invest over €90m in wireless chip research and development, to make wireless-USB a mainstream technology for consumer electronic devices. NXP has expanded its existing research centre in Singapore to carry out the development work on W-USB technologies. Wireless USB is based.. more

Further delay to O2 broadband service

For the third time, O2 has announced a delay to the launch of its broadband service in the UK and Germany. No official reason has been given for the delay but it is speculated that the service is experiencing teething problems. When O2 bought small.. more

HD Photo standard considered by JPEG

The Joint Photographic Expert Group (JPEG), the leading standards organisation for image compression technologies, has submitted to its national body members, a new project which would lead to the standardisation of Microsoft’s HD Photo file format if formally approved. Standardisation of HD Photo, provisionally titled.. more

TIC Installs VoSKY Exchange 9140

Total Integrated Communications (TIC), a Birmingham-based cabling and network specialist, has installed a PBX-to-Skype Gateway from VoSKY Technologies. The VoSKY Exchange 9140 will improve communications with remote workers and customers and provide lower Skype calling costs. TIC’s employees in the UK and Spain will be.. more

BSkyB & Sony join for PSP video on demand service

BSkyB (British Sky Broadcasting) has entered into a joint venture with Sony to make video on demand available to the 2.3 million PlayStation Portable owners in the UK and Ireland in early 2008. The joint venture company have equal board level representation from Sky and.. more

Iogear's HDMI Switch clears cable clutter

If you are fed up of the tangle of cables connected to your HDTV, Iogear’s new HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) switch could be just what you need. The switch connects an HDTV to devices such as a DVD Player, video games console, Apple TV or.. more

BBC iPlayer: technical issues but content good

The BBC launched an open beta version of iPlayer on 27 July, an on-demand TV service delivering BBC TV programmes direct to the PC. BBC iPlayer allows UK licence fee payers to download programmes broadcast in the last seven days from all the BBC’s network.. more