EU voices safety concerns over MP3 player volume levels

The European Commission is considering imposing lower default volume levels for MP3 players across Europe. The potential move comes after EU research indicated that up to 10% of MP3 listening Europeans.. more

Better broadband speeds would help IT sector

Research carried out by the BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, has found that the rollout of next gen or even faster broadband in some areas would greatly improve the UK’s.. more

Amazon offer from Be Broadband

The popular internet service provider, Be Broadband, is looking to increase subscriber numbers by offering another incentive. This time the ISP will be giving away a £25 Amazon book token to.. more

Broadband boost from above

Church steeples are to be used as broadband boosters, and it is a wonder that this has not been tried before in areas where broadband speeds are low or non existent. The city of Hereford has been one of those areas where broadband speeds can.. more

Living goes HD on Virgin Media

It has been announced that Living HD will go live on the Virgin Media cable platform on the 6th October. This is good for Living viewers as this is the most watched channel on the Virgin Media cable TV platform. Living is the home to.. more

O2 and BT in iPhone app phone number problem

Questions are being asked about the delay in rolling out the 0870 application that has been available for around a year on the Google Android platform. This application has been in Apple’s App Store approvals queue, but now it seems to have appeared on the.. more

Project Canvas set top boxes released in December

Set top boxes that are compatible with the much talked about and hyped up Project Canvas will become available for sale before Christmas, but unfortunately for excited viewers it will be the Christmas of 2010! This planned launch is still a long way off and.. more

BSkyB’s marketing man leaves

The marketing director at BSkyB, Andy Brent, has left the company after being in the position for less than a year. This unexpected departure was confirmed by an internal email from the chief executive of BSkyB, Jeremy Darroch. The last year has been one of.. more

Intel launches new chip for set top boxes

The world famous chip maker, Intel, has been showing off some of its new ideas at the Intel Developer Forum. This three day event finished off with Intel talking about its next generation chip for set top boxes. The chip was introduced by Levar Burton.. more

Sky+ extends auto standby to daytime

BSkyB has started to download software to Sky+ set top boxes that will put them into standby mode after four hours of inactivity at anytime of the day. This is not new technology as it has been used for a couple years on certain makes.. more