25000 UK households will watch World Cup in B&W

Considering that it has been forty three years since colour television was introduced by the BBC, some 25,000 households in the UK still hold a black and white TV licence, according.. more

BBC One HD gets thumbs up

One complaint that viewers of high definition television have, is the lack of a simultaneous BBC One in HD, but is seems that all of that is about to change. According.. more

BT strike may affect internet and phone service

Chaos could hit the BT phone and broadband network should the planned industrial action go ahead by BT engineers. The Communication Workers Union had stated that if their pay demands were.. more

ICO data breach reports exceed 1,000

The ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) has now received in excess of 1,000 reports of data breaches. You know, the sort of affairs usually involving a council, a dopey employee and an unencrypted USB stick being lost at a local garden centre or somewhere equally improbable... more

iPhone users sing Opera’s praises

Opera has published its monthly State of the Mobile Web report, which shows a surge in the numbers using Opera Mini. The mobile browser uses specially designed technology to speed up browsing by using data compression routines. And it has only just been released for.. more

Google in yet more privacy controversy

Further details have emerged regarding what Google’s Street View cars were up to, aside from photographing 95% of the UK when they toured the country earlier this year. The cars were also bristling with radio antennae, with the intention of picking up signals from wi-fi.. more

Firefox to launch iPhone app

Many computer users will be familiar with the Firefox browser on their home or work computer, but now Mozilla are working on an app for the iPhone to be called “Home” it will allow users to access their own Firefox desktop. This will mean that.. more

Search engines not sticking to EU rules

The EU is flexing its muscles when it comes to search engines and how they protect their data. It seems that the three main search engines operators, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are not complying with the current EU data rules. According to the EU data.. more

Eurosport broadcasting in 3D

Eurosport have been broadcasting in 3D at the French Open in Paris, although this is trail the channel have stated that currently there are no plans to begin a dedicated 3D Channel. The broadcasts from the centre court at the Roland Garros centre, will run.. more

PS3 owners to get HBO content

It seems that Sony are pushing to make the PS3 games console an all round entertainment hub, with the user getting not just having access to some the top games, but the TV content too. Following an agreement with Time Warner, the PS3 will now.. more