Author Archives: Brian Turner

Brian Turner
Brian has been writing and editing fiction and non-fiction for over 15 years, with his media writing published in both national and local press. Writing credits include the BBC, Guardian, Telegraph, and Future Publishing titles.

 

Dec
21

How to remove Win 7 Home Security 2012

win-7-home-security-2012 Win 7 Home Security 2012 is a piece of malware doing the rounds at the moment, being distributed via infected ads across a number of high traffic sites. Win 7 Home.. more
Dec
01

Sky broadcasts 3D test card

sky-3d-test-card Sky has started to broadcast a 3D test card, ostensibly to help viewers get the best out of their 3D TV viewing experience. TV presenter Zoe Ball presents the new 3D.. more
Oct
31

Ubuntu on mobiles by 2014

ubuntu Popular Linux distro Ubuntu could be powering mobile devices such as phones and tablet PC’s by 2014. That’s according to an interview with Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, the company that.. more
Jul
20

Cable TV thieves get prison

Three men who sold cable boxes set up to receive Virgin Media premium channels for free have been jailed for a total of 15 years. Munaf Zinga, Mukandun Pillai, and Salim Patel, were jailed for eight, six, and one year respectively. The men were arrested.. more
Jul
16

Android threatened by Apple dispute

A recent judgement that ruled HTC infringed Apple patents could be a direct threat to Android. Apple seems to be in the news as much for its aggressive legal attacks on rivals, especially producing mobile devices, as much as its products of late. But the.. more
Jul
06

Wordpress sites destroyed in new hack

Pharmaceutical link spam is now being directly injected into WordPress posts, in a massive new hacking attack targeting out of date installs. A Google search suggests that millions of pages are potentially affected already. WordPress owners are advised to update to the latest version of.. more
Jun
07

PSN welcome pack free game problems

The recent news that Sony would be offering a choice of free games as an apology for the recent hack attack was widely welcomed. However, any goodwill from this is fast disappearing after it turned out the free downloads were not working properly. Commonly, you.. more
Jun
06

BBC HD moves to DVB-S2

The BBC HD channels have changed transponder today, as they changed modulation from DVB-S to DVB-S2. Customers of Sky should not need to make any changes to their boxes, as the changes should take effect automatically. Virgin Media and Freeview customers should not be affected... more
Jun
06

Kinect Star Wars: new trailer released

Microsoft are building up the hype at the E3 conference, with a new trailer for Kinect Star Wars: So far there’s been a lot of talk about how using the Kinect will be the centrepiece for the Jedi experience – not simply as a lightsaber.. more
Jun
06

Microsoft delays IDP due to unhappy partners

When Microsoft unveiled it’s Integrated Development Program (IDP) for Windows 8 recently, there was an uproar among suppliers. Not only had Microsoft only invited five chipset makers to the table for working with Windows 8, for both PC’s and notebooks, each could only invite two.. more