Cinema style ratings to stop illegal filesharing

Most people are used to seeing age ratings on DVDs, games and at the cinema, so what about age ratings on broadband packages – could this be the answer to preventing.. more

BBC iPlayer to get Desert Island Discs

One of the BBC’s longest running radio shows, Desert Island Discs, is to join the iPlayer family, which means that any fan who happens to miss the show can easily catch.. more

BT urges action against rogue phone companies

BT has initiated a campaign against what it calls the mis-selling of landlines by unscrupulous telecom companies. Working in conjunction with the Trading Standards Institute, BT hopes to persuade regulator Ofcom.. more

Need for Speed: Shift demo arrives on X360 and PS3

Electronic Arts has announced that the demo for its swift selling Need for Speed: Shift is to be made available for download on PSN and Xbox Live come October 1st. The demo of the critically acclaimed racer will feature four cars, including the BMW M3.. more

Vodafone gets Apple iPhone sparking prospect of UK price war

Vodafone has announced that it will be stocking the iPhone 3G and 3GS in the UK. The move comes hot on the heels of Orange’s iPhone deal which was revealed yesterday, well and truly shattering O2′s exclusive on the phone. This is almost certain to.. more

100000 illegal broadband downloaders using BT

After giving BT a list of one hundred thousand customers suspected of being involved in illegal filesharing, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is disappointed at the lack of action from the ISP in preventing these customers from continuing their online activities. The creative sector employs.. more

Palm updates webOS to version 1.2

Palm has released an update for its webOS platform, bringing it up to version 1.2. The update adds a number of new features for Palm Pre users, just in time for the Pre’s UK launch on October 16th. The new goodies include support for LinkedIn.. more

BT attacks the Slammers

The phone and broadband provider BT has teamed up with the Trading Standards Institute to fight the growing menace of frauds where phone and broadband services are switched without the user’s knowledge, a practice that has become known as “Slamming”. BT is looking to the.. more

Over 20 million Freeview viewers need to retune

Tomorrow afternoon, over twenty seven million Freeview set top box and digital TV set owners will need to retune their equipment, or face losing some of the channels that have changed position on the Freeview programme guide. The retune is mainly to make way for.. more

Tiny mobile broadband module from Ericsson

Ericsson is working on what could be the holy grail of mobile communications, a device that is capable of connecting multiple devices to the internet at the same time. The device or module has just been demonstrated and is able to offer high speed broadband.. more