Mar
26

Sony TVs to get Freesat

The Japanese electronics giant Sony will be producing TVs that have an integrated Freesat tuner by the end of the year, according to a company spokesperson at a UK press event... more
Mar
26

Project Canvas to offer free catch up TV

At the IPTV World Forum being held in London, all eyes were on the man in charge of bringing the latest BBC project to life, as he addressed the delegates on.. more
Mar
26

Mac malware warning

Owners of Apple Macs are being warned about a new Trojan that is capable of attacking Macs as well as Windows powered PCs, according to research by the Sophos security organisation... more
Mar
26

National Geographic Wild goes HD

On the 1st April, the National Geographic channel will be launching its latest HD channel exclusively on Sky HD TV. This is the second HD channel launch for the National Geographic brand, the first being launched during February 2006. There has been a long advertising.. more
Mar
26

Government to monitor social networking sites

The growth of social networking sites is unprecedented and this worries the government. Details of this came through a commons committee which is looking at draft EU directives. The government says that it needs social networking sites to keep records of users’ contacts, and although.. more
Mar
25

Tufin launches updated firewall manager

Tufin technologies yesterday launched SecureTrack 4.5, the latest version of its firewall manager that according to Tufin enables security managers to do ‘more with less’. SecureTrack is designed to work alongside Tuffin’s change management solution SecureChange Workflow, and together the two programmes comprise the Tufin.. more
Mar
25

Metaport slashes bandwidth needed for 3D mobile gaming

V-Gate this week unveiled Metaport, a new 3D mobile gaming solution that makes bandwidth problems for online mobile gaming ‘obsolete’. Metaport allows mobile users to play real-time 3D games on their mobile. Until now, complex streaming processes slowed down 3D games and limited real-time interactivity... more
Mar
25

HTC handsets could be banned in Germany

Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC has not revised its first quarter sales forecast despite a court ruling in Germany that could see its handsets banned in the country. Germany is one of the largest markets for the T-Mobile G1, manufactured by HTC. However, sales of.. more
Mar
25

Mobile TV: 472m subscribers by 2013

The number of people watching TV on their mobile handset will reach almost half a billion in the next five years, according to analysts at Cantab Wireless. By 2013, 472 million consumers will have TV subscriptions on their mobile phone, Cantab said. Cantab’s new report.. more
Mar
25

Dell CEO confirms smartphone plans

Dell is on schedule to launch a new line up of smartphones, CEO Michael Dell confirmed yesterday. The announcement follows media reports that a Dell handset sent for testing to network operators was received with a lukewarm reception. According to rumours the handset had been.. more