Sep
16

Project Canvas officially christened YouView

Project Canvas has officially been named YouView, the brand which many had speculated would be given to the service. The name is reminiscent of a certain behemoth online video sharing service.. more
Sep
16

Microsoft announces five new Kinect games

As Sony prepares to unleash its Move motion controller onto shop shelves tomorrow, Microsoft has unveiled five new games for its rival Kinect system. Kinect isn’t out until November 10th, and.. more
Sep
16

Internet Explorer 9 beta promoted by Gorillaz

It’s like a “wizard’s portal” or indeed a “pirate’s dream”. What is? Internet Explorer 9, of course, according to the Gorillaz. Yes, Microsoft managed to rope the experimental rock and hip-hop.. more
Sep
16

Facebook users could pay more for home insurance

We’re all aware that when using social networking sites, privacy is an important issue, particularly with the biggest one, Facebook, now it has introduced location sharing via Facebook Places. This could, if you’re not careful, potentially give the wrong people information about when you’re away.. more
Sep
16

Foursquare app heads to Nokia’s Ovi Store

Nokia has not only launched a number of new handsets at Nokia World 2010, including the surprise unveiling of the Nokia C3 Touch and Type yesterday, but there have also been a number of new apps revealed as coming to the Ovi Store. One of.. more
Sep
16

HTC Desire HD dated and priced by online retailer

It seems that the cost of the successor to the popular HTC Desire smartphone has been revealed by an online retailer. Previously, Amazon had leaked the price tag of the HTC Desire HD as £415 back in August, and as we reported at the time.. more
Sep
15

Samsung Galaxy Tab shows up on Amazon

We got quite excited the first time we heard about Samsung’s iPad rival, and even more excited than that as details of its technical specifications gradually leaked out. Then that excitement was dampened somewhat when retailers started to post up prices for the device last.. more
Sep
15

Internet Explorer 9 beta now out

The beta version of the next incarnation of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browser has been released. Internet Explorer 9 is substantially different from IE8 in terms of aesthetics, performance, support for web standards and of course those all important security issues. IE9 increases performance via.. more
Sep
15

HTC Desire HD and Desire Z smartphones unveiled

At a press event in London today, as predicted HTC took the wraps off two Desire-able handsets, along with a fresh incarnation of its HTC Sense user interface which will come on both phones. The HTC Desire HD boasts a spacious 4.3 inch LCD display,.. more
Sep
15

Berners-Lee calls for free Internet for all

Tim Berners-Lee, who is recognised as the inventor of the world wide web, called for free access to the internet for all at the Nokia World Conference in London. He wants everyone to be given a low-bandwidth connection, which is an ambitious goal given that.. more