YouView would welcome Sky despite criticism

YouView’s chairman, Kip Meek, has confirmed that Sky would be a welcome partner, despite the satellite broadcaster’s criticism of the YouView platform. Sky recently joined Virgin Media and others in complaining.. more

Google’s privacy blunder sparks Commons debate

Following Google’s admission that its Street View cars mistakenly collected personal data from wi-fi connections, a debate is to be held in the House of Commons today about internet privacy. The.. more

Apple overtakes Rim in global mobile phone sales

Apple’s recent success with the iPhone 4 – despite the high profile antennagate and rubber bumper episode – has ensured that the firm has moved up to fourth position in the.. more

Police to be trained in social network investigations

Detectives will be trained up to use social networks to investigate criminals and try to uncover potential evidence, it has emerged this morning. A BBC news report stated that the National Police Improvement Agency or NPIA will be incorporating social network sifting into its training... more

ViewSonic unveils ViewPad 7 and 10 tablets

ViewSonic, a firm better known for its monitors, has unveiled a pair of tablets. The ViewPad 7 is the 7 inch version (obviously), a Samsung Galaxy Tab rival (with a display size which Steve Jobs recently dismissed as too small for a proper tablet app.. more

Angry Birds perches ahead of Cut the Rope

The rivalry between this pair of iOS games is a big one, given that Cut the Rope is published by Chillingo, recently bought up by EA. And Chillingo previously published Angry Birds, although after the company’s move to EA, developer Rovio has self-published the latest.. more

The Commuter: A film shot with the Nokia N8

Since the release of the Nokia N8, the much hyped high quality 12 megapixel camera didn’t disappoint the hardware reviewers out there. And to further show off its quality snapper, Nokia has come up with the rather novel idea of actually producing a film with.. more

Kinect sold out first day, but not in short supply thereafter

While the Kinect might be sold out of pre-order stock for the launch day, November 10th, at many major retailers, it won’t be long before further stock is pushed out to the UK. Indeed Amazon, Game and Play sold out some time ago, but Microsoft.. more

Microsoft Q1 profits jump 50% with Windows 7

Apple isn’t the only company which has recorded some nifty fiscal figures lately, with Microsoft also getting in on the impressive profits act. Microsoft’s first quarter profit has leapt 50% off the back of the new version of its Windows operating system and Office suite... more

Nexus Two coming via Samsung

The rumours surrounding Google’s smartphone successor to the original Nexus One continue to gather pace this morning. Yesterday, we reported that either Samsung or Motorola were set to potentially produce the handset (not HTC who manufactured the original). And now it seems the field has.. more