Mar
31

Best Buy opens store with 3D demos

The first Best Buy store will be opening up in May in Thurrock and will quickly be followed by other stores around the UK. This will be the first UK foothold.. more
Mar
31

Town and Country invests in 3DTV

Who could imagine that one day Sky TV would be able to get die hard football fans to wear large glasses that seem to come from eighties, when they go down.. more
Mar
31

Rovi launches media manager

Rovi has launched an all new personal media manager technology that will allow user to streamline their entertainment content throughout a home network. The Personal Media Manager software is powered by.. more
Mar
31

STB sales continue to rise

Over a hundred million satellite set top boxes were sold during 2009, which is around fifty per cent of all set top boxes sold during the year, according to data released by In Sat. Unsurprisingly it was the sale of high definition set top boxes.. more
Mar
31

MI5: Licensed to type

MI5 is set to embark upon a round of redundancies in order to replace older staff members with more computer savvy workers with IT skills. Apparently, the level of IT knowledge of both support staff and agents could use some improving, particularly now that extremists.. more
Mar
31

BT brings fibre to a further 300 exchanges

BT has announced the roll-out of faster broadband (mainly FTTC or fibre-to-the-cabinet) to 300 more exchanges starting later this year, and finishing around the summer of 2011. The bad news, if you don’t live down south, is that two-thirds of these exchanges are in London.. more
Mar
31

TomTom Start2 budget sat-nav announced

TomTom has unveiled a new version of its Start sat-nav device, imaginatively named the Start2. The sequel is reasonably priced, but contains premium features to entice people to look at TomTom as opposed to the free sat-nav apps (such as Google’s) that are available on.. more
Mar
30

Vodafone expands with TDC and Verizon

Vodafone has extended its partnership with communications solutions provider TDC to include Sweden and Norway, with effect from 1 April. The non-equity Partners Market agreement has covered Denmark since 2001. The new agreement gives TDC exclusive access to a range of co-branded products, services and.. more
Mar
30

Project Canvas appoints CTO and marketing chief

With a decision from the Office of Fair Trading due any time, Project Canvas is bringing in the big guns to take the project forwards. The joint venture, which will bring on-demand TV to Freeview and Freesat, has appointed Anthony Rose as chief technology officer.. more
Mar
30

Downadup/Conficker still a threat

This week is the one-year anniversary of the Downadup/Conficker threat’s April 1, 2009 “trigger” date. Although, Conficker did not turn into a widespread threat or cause the significant damage it had the potential to inflict, one year later, we know that those behind Downadup/Conficker still.. more