Skype weddings and divorces – whatever next?

It’s only a couple of weeks since we reported the first divorce over Skype and now a gay couple have tied the knot over the VoIP phone service. Gay Texans Mark.. more

Microsoft survey shows concern over pirated software

Microsoft has been out blowing its anti-piracy horn with a survey of 38,000 folks spread across 20 countries which tried to determine attitudes towards counterfeit software. The results showed that 73%.. more

Palm’s Rubinstein announces webOS plans

The CEO of Palm, Jon Rubinstein, has been talking about the company’s webOS plans for the future. While the Pre 2 smartphone with webOS 2.0 appears to be floundering in the.. more

New camera technology can ‘see round corners’

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)is developing technology that camera-shy types are going to hate – a camera that can take photographs around corners. There’s no escape from the laser-based technology which emits ultra-short high-intensity burst of light that bounces around before returning to the.. more

Ed Vaizey turns his back on net neutrality

Net neutrality, who needs it? That’s the view of government Minister Ed Vaizey, who is fine with the idea of a two-tier Internet. Net neutrality is simply the principle of fair and equal treatment for all Internet traffic, and is against the idea that providers.. more

Kogan website launched in UK with keenly priced TVs

After a new TV? If it’s a smaller panel you’re considering, then you could do worse than to check out Kogan, the electronics retailer which has just expanded to cover the UK. Ruslan Kogan founded his self-named brand over in Australia, and it specialises in.. more

Kent village has UK’s slowest broadband

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who has the slowest broadband of all? Farningham in Kent, apparently, is the place where the world wide web is stickiest in the UK. Residents are beset by treacle like surfing speeds of an average of just 1.3Mbps. The data.. more

BBC sells Animal Planet to Discovery Channel

BBC Worldwide is selling its 50% stakes in the Animal Planet and Liv channels to its joint-venture partner Discovery Channel for $156 million. The move is in line with the recommendations of the BBC Trust’s 2009 review, which said that the BBC’s commercial arm should.. more

Sony Ericsson Xperia X12 Anzu leaked

The Sony Ericsson Anzu, which will likely take up the Xperia X12 moniker when released, has had images and tech spec details leaked online. A Russian reviewer has spilled the beans on his preview device (via Engadget), and the skinny includes a 4.3 inch display,.. more

Fitwatch website now back online

You may have seen our report yesterday about the Fitwatch website, which was ordered to be taken down by the Metropolitan Police. The site was taken offline because it was offering advice to students involved in the recent tuition fees protest who feared they might.. more