Mar
17

The Daily to be published in UK this summer

The Daily, Rupert Murdoch’s e-paper which is exclusive to the iPad, will be coming to the UK and Europe. It was launched in the US at the start of February, but.. more
Mar
17

Mass Effect 2 bags best game at BAFTAs

The BAFTA video game awards were announced yesterday evening. And the winner was… pause for effect… just a bit more pausing… (someone coughs in the audience)… Mass Effect 2! The Bioware.. more
Mar
17

iPad faces shipping delays

While online orders of the Apple iPad 2 face delivery delays of 4-5 weeks, the original iPad is also suffering from longer than expected delivery times. While the Apple UK online.. more
Mar
16

Virgin Media 100Mbps service reaches 1 million homes

Virgin Media is trumpeting a milestone in its next-generation fibre roll-out. The company’s super-fast 100Mbps service is now available to a million households across the UK, with the complete roll-out on target for a middle of 2012 completion. Its 100Mbps connections offer a 10Mbps upload.. more
Mar
16

Employees don’t understand company security issues

A new study, carried out by Check Point Technologies and the Ponemon Institute, has apparently revealed that the complexity of security is the biggest challenge a business faces today. The extensive study, which surveyed 2,400 IT security admins across the world, showed that level of.. more
Mar
16

YouTube snaps up Green Parrot to improve video quality

Google intends to strengthen YouTube further with the purchase of an Irish outfit which specialises in improving the quality of video. Green Parrot Pictures was snapped up by the company for an undisclosed number of pieces of eight. The company announced on its website: “We’re.. more
Mar
16

Dragon Age II reviewed by developer on Metacritic

Dragon Age II appears to be the game which just wants to keep courting controversy. Thus far we’ve had a player mistakenly banned from playing the game, and the whole SecuROM thing, where it appeared that DA II had it on board, but then came.. more
Mar
16

BlackBerry PlayBook will boast FaceTime style video chatting

With the launch of the iPad 2 still ringing in everyone’s ears – specifically, the cries of the queued masses who were turned away when stock ran out across America – Rim is hoping that people haven’t forgotten their tablet effort. The 7 inch PlayBook.. more
Mar
15

Amazon Kindle now available from Carphone Warehouse

The Kindle just became more widespread in terms of availability, with the Carphone Warehouse (and Best Buy) now stocking Amazon’s popular e-reader. Prices for the Kindle are the same as on the Amazon website – £111 for the wi-fi version, and £152 if you want.. more
Mar
15

Apple delays iPad 2 for Japan due to quake

The Japanese earthquake, tsunami and radioactive leakage disaster has made Apple put the brakes on regarding the arrival of the iPad 2 in the country. As with the UK, Japan was expecting the iPad sequel a week on Friday, but quite obviously the Japanese people.. more