Jul
29

Google dubbed “King of Malware”

Barracuda Networks Inc today released its Barracuda Labs 2010 Midyear Security Report, revealing data from two key areas: search engine malware and Twitter use and crime rate. The company is presenting.. more
Jul
29

Virgin Media Player beta launch announced

Virgin Media today confirmed the beta launch of its first online and mobile TV player: Virgin Media Player. Virgin Media has confirmed hundreds of hours of content for the beta trial.. more
Jul
29

Sky 3D channel to launch October 1st

Sky 3D, Europe’s first three dimensional TV channel, is set for blast off on October 1st. And the good news is, it will be automatically available for no extra charge to.. more
Jul
28

Nintendo DS R4 cards ruled illegal in UK

Nintendo has won an anti-piracy battle, securing a court judgement against R4 cards. The emulator cards can have games downloaded onto them, so DS owners can play pirated material on their handheld. The defendant in the case, retailer Playables Limited and Wai Dat Chan, argued.. more
Jul
28

Childs tipped to become UKTV’s CEO

Darren Childs, BBC Worldwide’s managing director of channels, is tipped as favourite to take over as chief executive of UKTV. The post has been vacant since David Abraham moved to Channel 4. Childs’ channel management experience is believed to give him an edge over the.. more
Jul
28

More shipments of Internet-Enabled TVs than 3-D TVs

While the consumer electronics headlines this year have been dominated by 3-D television news, the real story in 2010 is about Internet-Enabled TVs (IETVs), according to iSuppli Corp. Global shipments of IETVs – TV sets with built-in Internet capability – will amount to 27.7 million.. more
Jul
28

Mac OS X gets an update

Along with refreshing its hardware lines, such as the iMac all-in-one and Mac Pro, Apple has also pushed out an update for OS X. Version 10.6.4 contains some security fixes (which were previously released in June), along with some new bits and pieces targeted at.. more
Jul
28

Virgin Media announces 7% revenue boost

Virgin Media has announced some healthy second quarter fiscal figures for 2010. For the quarter ending June 30th, the company reported that total revenue was up to £964 million, within touching distance of the magic billion mark. That figure was up 7.1% and represented the.. more
Jul
28

Average UK broadband speed is 3.8Mbps

Akamai’s State of the Internet report for the first quarter of 2010 has been released, an assessment of broadband performance across the globe. And the report’s statistics claim that the average speed for a UK broadband line is 3.8Mbps. That’s up from the start of.. more
Jul
28

Panasonic SDT750 3D camcorder unveiled

As everyone in the country who cares about anything cinematic, televisual or games-wise knows, 3D is the latest big craze to sweep the world. And while there isn’t exactly a huge amount of 3D content available currently, an obvious solution springs to mind while we.. more