Liberty Global cleared for Unitymedia take-over

Website: Rapid TV News The EU Commission has given the green light to the take-over of German cable operator Unitymedia by US-based media concern Liberty Global. The Brussels-based authority concluded that.. more

Intersat Africa pushes on Astra2Connect satellite broadband

Website: Rapid TV News Nairobi-based internet and broadband supplier Intersat Africa is working with Astra Broadband Services (ABBS) to push Astra2Connect, Astra’s broadband by satellite service. The service will be marketed.. more

Mitsubishi to present 149″ OLED TV at ISE 2010

Website: Rapid TV News Mitsubishi Electric says it will show a 149″ prototype OLED screen at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE 2010, Feb 2-4, Amsterdam). Claimed to be the world’s first scalable.. more

Nokia X6 comes without music

Nokia has announced the release of a new budget version of its Comes With Music phone, the X6. However, the cut-down X6 doesn’t have the Comes With Music service, which we guess makes it a Comes Without Music phone, perhaps. Its memory has also been.. more

Google Chrome 4 unleashed

Google has released version 4 of its Chrome web browser. The new release boasts a mass of extensions, some 1,500 of them, which allow the user to add new functions to the browser. For example, there’s a Facebook extension which automatically checks for any notifications.. more

MIPS Technologies appoints CEO

MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for home entertainment, communications, networking and portable multimedia markets, today announced that the MIPS Technologies Board of Directors has appointed Sandeep Vij as president, chief executive officer and director. Mr. Vij succeeds.. more

Skybox Security Launches CertiFire Firewall Management Solution

Brings enterprise-class security risk and compliance management to the mid-market Skybox Security, the leader in automated security risk and compliance management, today announced general availability of Skybox CertiFire. For the first time, the enterprise-level features and performance of Skybox solutions are available in a package.. more

Check Point Global Survey Reveals Rise In Unprotected Enterprise Endpoints

Despite significant increase in the number of remote workers only 27% of organizations use encryption to protect data Check Point, the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, has released the results from a global customer survey of businesses on endpoint security trends. Check Point found.. more

Exterity's IPTV System to distribute Race to Dubai content

Exterity, the Building IPTV specialist, today announces that its innovative IPTV solution has been adopted by The European Tour to distribute High Definition content at the majority of events on The 2010 Race to Dubai on The European Tour international schedule. The bespoke, real-time production.. more

Stonesoft announces Firewall/VPN and Management Centre

Stonesoft, a provider of proven, innovative network security solutions, today announced the availability of the StoneGate Firewall/VPN 5.1 and StoneGate Management Centre 5.1. New features in these solutions include web filtering, 3G wireless network support and 64-bit operating system support. These increase security against sophisticated.. more