Nov
23

Berners-Lee warns Facebook is fragmenting the web

Web architect Tim Berners-Lee has had his soap box out again, on the subject of the great worldwide construct he is credited as inventing. Berners-Lee has written an article in the.. more
Nov
22

iOS 4.2 emerges for your iGadget

Batten down the hatches, hold on to your horses, and partake of a number of other pointless measures, because the latest version of iOS has finally arrived. iOS 4.2 is ready.. more
Nov
22

Monday NewsBytes: Orange and T-Mobile to offer iPad for £200; Jolibook now on Amazon; Murdoch to launch The Daily on iPad

Orange and T-Mobile (or to put it another way, Everything Everywhere) are both set to sell the iPad on contracts at £200. That’s for the 16GB 3G version of the tablet,.. more
Nov
22

Twitter bomb joker will take appeal to High Court

Paul Chambers is a name you’re likely to be familiar with now, given that he’s been splashed across the news the past couple of weeks. He’s also known as the Twitter bomb joker, the man who rather unwisely tweeted a spur of the moment gag.. more
Nov
22

Royal Wedding could boost 3D TV market

Just as the Queen’s coronation boosted television sales in 1953, next years’ royal wedding might be just what the 3D TV market needs, if rumours of a 3D broadcast prove true. When Prince William marries Kate Middleton in 2011 there is speculation that the wedding.. more
Nov
22

Amazon UK Black Friday deals sell out in seconds

Many British online shoppers have found themselves frustrated with the launch of Amazon’s Black Friday week this morning. Black Friday week is Thanksgiving week in the US, and it’s basically a Christmas shopping starts here event involving some big discounts. This year, Amazon has decided.. more
Nov
22

Eutelsat’s KA-SAT ready for December launch

Paris-based Eutelsat Communications has announced that its KA-SAT satellite has been flown to the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and is on track for a 20 December launch. The Astrium-built satellite will serve over one million users across Europe and the Mediterranean basin, via 80 spotbeams.. more
Nov
22

BlackBerry PlayBook confirmed for Q2 2011

Rim has confirmed when its BlackBerry PlayBook will arrive in the States and in the UK. The tablet will come out in the US in the first quarter of next year, and over here in the second quarter. In other words, it could be approaching.. more
Nov
22

Stuxnet may have delayed Iran’s nuclear programme

When news of the Stuxnet worm hitting Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant came out back in September, officials claimed that it had not caused any serious damage. However Ollie Heinonen, formerly of the United Nations nuclear inspections team has told Reuters news agency that the.. more
Nov
22

Call of Duty: Black Ops holds number one spot

Call of Duty: Black Ops has unsurprisingly remained at number one in the UK video game chart, as compiled by Chart Track. However, despite recording better numbers than Modern Warfare 2 for its launch week, Black Ops has dropped by 85% in terms of sales... more