Nov
25

Wikipedia leaking editors as 49,000 desert

Wikipedia, the web based font of all knowledge (citation needed), is haemorrhaging editors like a publisher’s Christmas party when the free booze has run out. So suggests research conducted by Filipe.. more
Nov
25

Sony Ericsson Pureness phone unveiled

Sony Ericsson has announced a handset called the Xperia Pureness. And it’s a flash looking beastie. Half the body is black, but the upper half is completely see-through to make it.. more
Nov
25

Bournemouth has the fastest broadband

According to a recent study, it seems that broadband users from Bournemouth are experiencing some of the fastest broadband speeds in the UK. The research, carried out by top10-broadband.co.uk, took data.. more
Nov
25

Apple’s Black Friday sale comes to the UK

Apple has confirmed that UK consumers will benefit from its “Black Friday” sale, which takes place this Friday. Black Friday – a name more usually associated with some sort of catastrophic plunge in the stock market – is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the States,.. more
Nov
25

T Mobile and Orange will not share spectrum

If the regulator Ofcom thought that dealing with Vodafone and O2 over sharing the spectrum was difficult, it looks as if this task is about to get a lot more tricky, with the merging of Orange and T Mobile. According to the parent companies, Deutsche.. more
Nov
25

Swindon to offer Wi-Fi access

Community Wi-Fi is a dream that has become a reality in some areas but for some reason it has never taken off in others. However, Swindon is looking to buck the trend, as it will be collaborating with Digital City UK who will be installing.. more
Nov
25

Thales gives South Yorkshire superfast broadband

A new partnership could provide households and small businesses in South Yorkshire with super fast broadband in 2010! The plan brings together the public/private partnership (PPP) Digital Region and the tech provider Thales, in a project named “Go-Live”. This project aims to provide a broadband.. more
Nov
25

Nintendo Wii set for slump?

Apparently things don’t look so rosy for the Nintendo Wii compared to the other big consoles. At least according to a report in Gamasutra, which quotes an analyst from the Cowen Group as saying the “Wii bubble is deflating”. The evidence for this? A survey.. more
Nov
25

BBC Worldwide can go ahead with UKTV purchase

Just as Virgin Media pulls out from its decision to sell the Virgin Media TV channels, it would seem that the BBC Trust has finally given BBC Worldwide, the corporation’s commercial division, the go ahead to purchase the other 50 per cent of UKTV. UKTV.. more
Nov
25

Review means BBC could drop some sites

The BBC’s expansion into the online world has been a great success, but this success may have been at the expense of other businesses and so this has caused some serious complaints about the BBC’s online activities. Now it seems that the BBC will have.. more