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May 27, 2008
by David Allen
The BT home hub has been exposed as being an open gateway for some hackers, who by using some easily obtained software, can crack the home hub passwords and once into the system change the settings to suit them and not the user.
However since this has been out, BT have denied that there is a real flaw in the system and say that the whole thing is just ...
by David Allen
The Eurovision song contest seems to have been on the BBC for a long while recently, first there was the choosing of the song and then the heats and semi finals etc, but what for?
The hope of the UK lay in the hands of someone who should be experienced at reality TV, after all he did lose the X factor.
But coming last has sparked a row, there ...
May 23, 2008
by David Allen
The UK is to get a new rating system for downloaded video content and games.
This is to be organised by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) and will be known as the BBFC.online.
This will mean that all content and games that are downloaded in the UK will now have the same age ratings as seen on the games and DVDs bought in stores and what you ...
by David Allen
Customers with Orange who have subscribed to their mobile broadband have been without a service since Thursday of last week and to make things even worse, if that could be possible, the company cannot tell them when they are likely to be getting the mobile broadband service back up.
It all began with access to secure sites being removed, and then gradually the whole network went down, leaving Oranges ...
by David Allen
The are problems on the horizon for the main ITV news programme “The News at Ten”.
It was brought back by Michael Grade and the addition of Sir Trevor McDonald was believed to make the programme as popular as it used to be, however the viewing figures have not been spectacular, throwing doubts on it future.
As if that was not bad enough the presenter Sir Trevor is said to ...
by David Allen
When a high profile game like the Champions League Cup Final between Man Utd and Chelsea goes into extra time its bad news for everyone except it would seem ITV, for the extra time meant extra cash, around £1 million extra in fact.
In total it is believed that ITV made around £10 million for the entire match from advertising, which just goes to prove why there is so ...
May 22, 2008
by Janet Harris
A final version of Mozzilla's Firefox 3 web browser should be released sometime next month.
The new version is 2.7 times faster than Firefox 2 and 9.3 times faster than Internet Explorer 7 in JavaScript performance.
Memory usage has also been improved along with 15,000 improvements to make the browser more stable.
A smart location bar has been added, making it much easier to find a web address, ...
by David Allen
In the scheme of market forces, BSkyB have been doing a little bit of tweaking to the Sky Anytime service.
To compete directly with the BBC’s iPlayer and the other similar services, BSkyB have renamed Sky Anytime to the Sky Player.
If you say them both quickly there is little difference to choose between the names.
But with the introduction of the new device, is this going to cause ...
by David Allen
It is the seventh year of the Silver Surfers Day (SSD) and it is still going strong, being held tomorrow.
This is a day when the estimated ten million strong group of people over 55, who are interested in finding out about all things to do with the internet, are helped to do so.
There was a time not that long ago when this group of people were virtually being ...
by David Allen
The media regulator Ofcom would appear to have got its hands full with ITV at the moment, as now they have found that ITV have not been spending enough on making television programmes outside of London.
They are supposed to keep to the quota, which has been set by the regulator. In this case the figure is set at fifty per cent.
But according to Ofcom the actual amount ...
by David Allen
Using data obtained from the communications regulator, Ofcom, it has been found that despite what was thought before, the rural areas of the UK are more connected to broadband than urban areas.
The amount of rural households connected to broadband is currently running at 59%, whereas the figure for urban areas stands at 57%.
However there is one subtle difference between rural and urban broadband users, which is the ...
May 21, 2008
by David Allen
There is some good news for council tenants in North Solihull, they will be getting access to free or very heavily subsidised wireless broadband.
This is taking place as part of the area's attempt to close down the so called digital divide and is being put in place by Solihull Community Housing.
The wireless network will be making good use of the area's tower blocks; access will be available ...
by David Allen
If a user of a mobile broadband service can get a decent internet connection speed, then mobile broadband is a good idea especially for business users who need to stay in touch.
But as with any mobile connection, taking it abroad and using it as you would at home is an entirely different issue.
This is what a lawyer recently found out; she went on a short break to ...
by David Allen
In an announcement today, the communications regulator Ofcom said that they will be deregulating wholesale broadband in certain areas of the UK.
The way that this is going to work is complex but will mean that broadband users in cities and larger towns will be benefiting from this move.
It is estimated that around seventy per cent of the country could come under this ruling, but mainly the decision ...
by David Allen
Since the launch of the iPlayer from the BBC late last year, there have been some seventy five million downloads made from the service, with twenty one million requests being made in April alone.
The service seems to grow month on month, April's figure being up on the previous month by twenty per cent.
The most requested programmes may not come as a surprise The Apprentice just beating Dr ...
by Brian Turner
Did you know that instead of throwing away your old mobile phone, you can instead get it recycled - and get paid for doing so?
Mobile phones are incredibly intricate devices, and it's not just the electronics and screen that keeps them valuable - it's issues such as camera and video functionality as well.
Unlike a lot of other electrical products, though, ...
May 20, 2008
by Janet Harris
Microsoft has released a beta version of software which will compete with Google Sky.
Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope is a a rich Web application that allows users to view images of the universe from their computer.
It accesses high-resolution images taken by powerful ground- and Earth-orbiting telescopes, including the Hubble Space Telescope.
Using Web-based astronomy databases, the software allows user to build their own tours of stars and galaxies. ...
by David Allen
The old faithful video recorder is still out gunning the new technology when it comes to viewers watching programmes to catch up on what they have missed.
In a survey by YouGov over two thousand people answered questions on how they choose to watch their favourite TV shows.
It was found that despite the availability of new technology such as personal digital recorders and video on demand, the standard VHS ...
by David Allen
The bosses at ITV must have been sniggering a little when the media regulator Ofcom handed down the fine of £2 million for the “Ant and Dec” phone vote rigging scandal.
Little did anyone know that the actual fine could be as low as £50,000!
A legal loophole has ensured that ITV will not have to pay anywhere near the £2 million fine which is supposed to be in ...
by David Allen
Most internet users welcome any additional security features brought in by their ISPs so long as it does not interfere with the normal day to day activities that the users do online everyday.
But the new anti spam feature brought in for users of BT-Yahoo services, has given them cause to complain.
The new measure requires a BT or Yahoo address to be in the "from" field otherwise it ...
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The BT home hub has been exposed as being an open gateway for some hackers, who by using some easily obtained software, can crack the home hub passwords and once into the system change the settings to suit them and not the user.
However since this has been out, BT have denied that there is a real flaw in the system and say that the whole thing is just ...
The UK is to get a new rating system for downloaded video content and games.
This is to be organised by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) and will be known as the BBFC.online.
This will mean that all content and games that are downloaded in the UK will now have the same age ratings as seen on the games and DVDs bought in stores and what you ...
