iRiver Story lands in the UK

The iRiver Story is now available in the UK. What’s the Story? It isn’t morning glory, rather it’s an e-book reader which will give another option to those who haven’t yet.. more

LG targets 7.5 million LED TV sales

LG Electronics hopes to boost sales of LED TVs from 400,000 this year to 7.5 million in 2010. The technology, which is still relatively new in the UK, uses LED backlighting.. more

BCS says majority of UK citizens not tech-savvy

The British Computer Society (BCS) reckons that 80% of Brits aren’t “IT savvy”. And as a result the BCS has launched a website to help people get the most out of.. more

Consumers face triple broadband tax

The rollout of next generation broadband and the government’s pledge to provide all homes in the UK with a broadband service is very commendable, but there is always the question of cost. Normally a business would fund new technology, as Virgin Media did with its.. more

Orange mobile broadband offers more laptops

The mobile provider Orange has added some more laptops deals for buyers of its mobile broadband service. Consumers will be able to choose ether the Compaq CQ61 or the Asus 1005Hgo, the catch being that they will need to take out an eighteen or twenty-four.. more

BT Openzone in Macdonalds

The broadband and telecoms provider, BT, has announced a new deal with the hotel and resort chain, Macdonalds. The deal will see the Wi-Fi service provided by BT Openzone offered to hotel visitors by the end of the year. The BT Openzone Wi-Fi service will.. more

Digital switchover complete in North Wales

Another part of the UK has completed the digital switchover, with households across north east Wales now having access to digital TV or, to look at it another way, no access to analogue TV at all. Engineers worked though the night to complete the work.. more

Virgin Media to launch filesharing monitor tool

The cable broadband provider Virgin Media will be testing out a new tool on its network. The tool has been specifically designed to detect copyright infringement within its music download service. Virgin Media is claiming that this is the first time in the UK that.. more

Thousands of households to get filesharing threat letters

Lawyers at ACS:Law have been granted court orders to make ISPs hand over the details of customers suspected of sharing hardcore pornography. It is estimated that around 25,000 BT customers and a further 5,000 customers of other ISPs are involved and they can expect to.. more

Sky Deutschland starts HDTV promotion

Sky Deutschland is making a decisive push into the HD TV satellite market by offering consumers a reasonably priced HD TV Starter box. Priced at just 199 Euros, the HD TV Starter pack includes the HD set top box and a pre paid HD TV.. more