Freesat announce 750,000 customer base

The free-to-view satellite service, Freesat, is growing according to plan, in fact the broadcaster has now passed the 750,000 customer mark and is well on target to hit one million users.. more

Yesterday commissions WWII documentary

Yesterday, part of the BBC Worldwide and Virgin Media channel UKTV, has commissioned a brand new documentary that will be looking into life on the Channel Islands during the war. The.. more

Navy uses Sony PSP for training

The Royal Navy has adopted an interesting training method for its engineers involving Sony’s PSP handheld. They’ve purchased over 200 of the consoles, The Times reports, to load them up with.. more

The bell tolls for consoles?

According to the boss at Square Enix, the games console as we know it could die out within the next decade. The actual physical hardware, that is. Yoichi Wada is predicting that in the future, the hardware won’t be the platform – the network will... more

Sony Ericsson Aino also runs into trouble

It hasn’t been a good week for Sony Ericsson. The company has not only suffered woes with sales of its Satio phone being temporarily suspended by Carphone Warehouse and Phones 4U, but now problems with the Aino have emerged. It’s another software glitch with the.. more

VoD boost for Freesat

The Freesat satellite TV service will offer on-demand content, with the BBC’s iPlayer launching in beta on Freesat from December 7, and the ITV Player launching in the first half of 2010. The services will eventually be available to viewers with an HDTV with integrated.. more

Gary McKinnon to be extradited

The “will he or won’t he” legal battle has been ongoing for some time, but it now seems NASA hacker Gary McKinnon is going to be extradited to the US. Despite pleas from a number of groups, including a government committee, the Home Secretary Alan.. more

Ikee worm author bags developer job

If we’re after a job, most of us hunt through the ads section of the paper and online employment sites, then send out some CVs. However, there are alternatives to the traditional methods. Such as writing a worm and releasing it on unsuspecting “jail-broken” iPhone.. more

Motorola Milestone in the UK before Christmas?

Good news for Motorola fans who are awaiting the release of the Milestone, or Droid as it’s known in the States. As we reported at the beginning of the month, the phone was launching in Germany, but details of the UK release remained unconfirmed. While.. more

iPhone owners more likely to splash cash online

New research has emerged which indicates that Apple iPhone users are more likely to cough up for online content. The survey, conducted by Olswang, polled 1000 UK adults and 500 teenagers. It emerged that 58% of the general population would be happy to pay to.. more