May
21

Blinkx launches mobile video search

A mobile version of the Blinkx video search engine has been released which is designed to assist the mobile phone user to find video online in an easier and more straightforward.. more
May
21

Browser data gives up secrets

It seems that while computer users spend money on security measures to keep criminals out of their computers, they could actually be leaving traces around the internet themselves. According to the.. more
May
21

TV Licence earmarked for broadband rollout

The roll out of super fast broadband will be paid for by the public, but not by a tax on phone lines as the funds will be coming from the TV.. more
May
21

Pay TV leads the way in Asia

In the UK, pay TV has always meant subscribing to Sky TV on satellite or Virgin Media for cable users. On a global scale Europe only makes up 15.6 per cent of the world pay TV market. The leader, with over 50 per cent of.. more
May
21

Canvas gets OFT thumbs up

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) will not be investigating the multi channel online TV service Project Canvas, although complaints were made following the formation of the group, claiming that the service was unfair to the competition. However, the OFT has decided that Project Canvas.. more
May
21

Crédit Agricole secures access to web services with GrIDsure

GrIDsure, the innovative alternative to PINs and passwords, today announced that its unique authentication system has been chosen by the FNCA (National Crédit Agricole Federation) to provide a secure yet simple security solution for more than 3,000 senior employees across France. The FNCA is the.. more
May
21

New government gives Gary McKinnon new hope

The Tories and Lib Dem coalition hasn’t long settled in at number 10, but already the new government has brought fresh hope to a long-running legal case. You’re unlikely to have missed the saga of Gary McKinnon, the man who allegedly hacked US military computers,.. more
May
21

Samsung Wave now on Vodafone for pre-order

Vodafone has just put the Samsung Wave up on its site, available to pre-order. The smartphone is expected to ship on June 1st, according to the website. The Wave is Samsung’s answer to the iPhone, and comes with its new Bada operating system, and the.. more
May
20

MIPS Technologies Supports VP8 Video Codec

MIP Technologies Inc. has announced that its processor architecture will support the open source VP8 Video Codec, which will bring video content to Internet-connected devices such as set-top-boxes. The VP8 Video Codec offers high-quality video while consuming less bandwidth than other codecs. MIPS is supporting.. more
May
20

Cloud computing expected to improve security

Over half of organisations believe that cloud computing will result in an improvement in security defences according to a poll from 360°IT, a fifth thought there would be no improvement and a quarter of organisations said that it will be detrimental. [Poll of 271 IT.. more