Sky and BT in scrap over adverts

It seems that once again an advert run by Sky Broadband has fallen foul of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), and once again the advert has been banned. The adverts in.. more

Saturday is kill a zombie day

To many kids around the world tomorrow is Halloween and it is a licence to go around terrorising the neighbours. However, for the grown-ups, Halloween this year could mean going out.. more

Google launches OneBox service

The search giant Google is getting into the online music business with the launch of its OneBox service. The music search business helps users find and buy music online and in.. more

Free broadband offer extended by Aquiss

The internet service provider Aquiss is offering new customers, whether they are small businesses or home customers, the opportunity to have their first two months of broadband completely free of charge. The broadband provider is offering this service to any customer that signs up for.. more

Sky takes on Ofcom once more

It is well known that Ofcom is looking into the apparent stranglehold that satellite provider BSkyB has over the UK’s pay TV market. In order to put its case forward BSkyB has presented a 277 page document to the regulator, complete with additional information provided.. more

German Sky adds more HD channels

The Germany-based pay TV service, Sky Deutschland, is planning to add additional high definition channels to its service over the next year. Currently the satellite broadcaster is showing Discovery HD, History HD, National Geographic HD, Sky Cinema HD, Disney Cinemagic HD, Sky Sport HD and.. more

STMicroelectronics to use ARM’s chips in next-gen STB

The Cortex A9 MPCore processor and the Mali 400 Graphics Processor made by ARM will be used in the production of STMicroelectronics’ next generation of set top boxes and digital TV system-on-chip ICs. ARM already provides STMicroelectronics with processor technology, but the difference with this.. more

Internet has mid-life crisis: Reaches 40th birthday

The Internet celebrates the 40th anniversary of its birth today, or at least the predecessor of the net which was known as Arpanet. On October 29th 1969, the very first message was sent from one computer to another several hundred miles away via the Pentagon.. more

ARM releases first mobile multicore processor

Chip designer ARM has released its first multicore processor for mobiles, the ARM Cortex-A5 MPCore. The company expects smartphones to be running on multicore processors by October 2010. The ARM Cortex-A5 gamma offers a range of CPUs, from one to 4-cores, all of which will.. more

Sipera enables secure VoIP over WiFi

Sipera Systems has announced the availability of Sipera Secure Live Communications (SLiC), a solution to ensure the security of VoIP calls over WiFi. Sipera SLiC is the first security solution for enterprises using VoIP, UC, and cloud telephony on mobile devices. It provides smart-card card.. more