Nov
29

Nintendo flogs consoles aplenty during Black Friday week

Last week was Black Friday, the start of the serious Christmas shopping discounts in the States (which Amazon brought over here this year, to a controversial reception as many offers sold.. more
Nov
29

Angry Birds hits 7 million downloads on Android

Angry Birds is still flying, even more so now it’s on Android as well as iOS. In fact, developer Rovio announced on Twitter: “We just hit 7M downloads on Android.” Not.. more
Nov
29

Grapevine suggests Google has bought Groupon for $2.5 billion

Rumour has it that Google has snapped up discount website Groupon for around $2.5 billion. This speculation comes from Vator.tv, who were told about the purchase of the deal-of-the-day site by.. more
Nov
29

Smartphone owners lack brand loyalty

It seems that the majority of smartphone owners don’t have any strong feelings of loyalty towards any one single brand, being prepared to switch to another company or operating system if a new model of phone or OS is offering more of what they want... more
Nov
29

Microsoft working on a more tactile touchscreen

Microsoft has patented a new technology it’s working on to create a more tactile touchscreen. The display uses pixel sized shape-memory plastic cells to produce what feels like a real texture on the screen, so the user can actually feel the lumps and bumps of.. more
Nov
29

Gran Turismo 5 screeches into number one spot

Gran Turismo 5 has dethroned Call of Duty: Black Ops from the top of the UK video game chart, as compiled by Chart Track. Despite notching up record sales for the franchise in its first week, Black Ops only managed two weeks at the top... more
Nov
29

Orange unveils iPad contract details

Orange has unveiled the full details of its subsidised iPad contracts. The basic 3G 16GB iPad will cost £199 on a two year deal, as we already knew, but if you want 32GB of storage, that’s upped to £249, and for the 64GB slate you’re.. more
Nov
29

TechniSat HDFS wins 2010 Freesat HD Receiver of the year award

Judged by the editors of What Satellite & Digital TV, Home Cinema Choice, and consumer technology website Techradar.com, the Freesat Product Awards 2010 reward innovation across the categories of Freesat HD, Freesat + Recorders, and TVs. Products were acknowledged for excellent design, build quality, AV.. more
Nov
29

Ofcom takes down Tease Me TV

Ofcom has revoked the broadcasting licence for adult channels Tease Me, Tease Me TV and Tease Me 2 and 3, taking them off air. The licences were revoked for the channels not being “fit and proper”, after displaying inappropriate adult content. According to Ofcom, the.. more
Nov
27

ICO to investigate NHS Choices over Facebook policy

Earlier this week, you may remember we wrote a story about the NHS Choices website, and the fact that it allows Facebook, along with Google and some other third party sites, to track user activity. Because there’s a “Like” button for Facebook built into the.. more