PC Modern Warfare 2 cheats hit with ban stick

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is to crack down on PC players who cheat online at the game. According to Infinity Ward’s Community Manager Robert Bowling on Twitter, 2500 cheaters.. more

Carphone releases good figures

Despite the current economic climate, it seems that the Carphone Warehouse is not affected, as the company’s recent results demonstrate. City forecasts for the six months to the end of September.. more

Mobile broadband marketing will have to change

For a long time, in fact probably from the time that mobile broadband was first launched, there have been issues over the connection speeds advertised compared with those that the users.. more

Politics will decide the future of broadband

It seems that it is not really going to make much difference what the government plans when it comes to the broadband network because of the pending General Election, due to take place in May or June next year. According to the chief executive of.. more

BBC iPlayer won’t be coming to Xbox 360 yet

Apparently the BBC and Microsoft have clashed over bringing the former’s iPlayer catch-up TV service to the X360 console. The Telegraph reports that “sources close to the BBC’s Future Media and Technology department” have said the two parties can’t agree on the issue of charging.. more

“Twitter”: Most popular English word of 2009

It’s official – the most popular English word of this year is the name of the massive micro-blogging site, Twitter. So says the Global Language Monitor, a Texas based organisation which analyses the Internet and traditional media’s language usage. Twitter was more talked about than.. more

BT Chairman jumps ahead of neighbours in broadband trial

BT Chairman jumps ahead of neighbours in broadband trial Residents of rural broadband not-spot Hambleden aren’t too pleased as the recently moved-in BT Chairman has snagged a trial broadband line. According to a report in The Telegraph, some locals have been waiting five years for.. more

Pub landlord fined for patron’s illegal wi-fi download

The owner of a pub has been fined £8,000 for someone else’s unlawful download over his wi-fi network. So reports ZDNet UK, who spoke to the Managing Director of the wi-fi hotspot provider, The Cloud. He didn’t name the pub involved, but said that there.. more

BBC iPlayer app for the iPhone

The BBC is set to bring out an iPlayer app for Apple’s iPhone. This nugget was revealed when the BBC sent out a press pack which contained a leaked screenshot of the app in action. According to reports, you’ll be able to watch via live.. more

Royal Society launches Trailblazing website

The Royal Society is celebrating its 350th anniversary by publishing some of its most famous research papers online. The Society’s Trailblazing website features an interactive timeline which runs from 1665 to the present day, dotted with sixty of these papers. These include the first blood.. more