Chinese iPad row threatens global supply

It hasn’t been a good week for Apple, and it’s threatening to get much worse on the legal front. This week started with just another lawsuit, with Apple alleging more patent infringements by Samsung and attempting to obtain a preliminary injunction to ban sales of.. more

ZTE Light II tablet imminent

ZTE doesn’t just have ambitions to make an impact on the UK with its own brand smartphones, but tablets as well. And the first effort from the company is due out soon, a budget Android slate which will retail at the Kindle Fire-esque level of.. more

Samsung HT-E6750W 7.1 system hits the UK

Samsung has announced that several of its fresh premium audio-visual products have hit the UK. These include a new Blu-ray player and a premium home cinema system, the HT-E6750W. Russell Owens, Head of AV Samsung UK, commented: “By integrating Samsung’s Vacuum Tube Amplifier technology into.. more

LG Optimus 3D 2 details leaked

Mobile World Congress (MWC) will soon get underway at the end of this month, and as it approaches leaks of upcoming smartphones are getting more common. Not that they’re uncommon in the first place, anyway. The latest (alleged) leak is the successor to LG’s 3D.. more

New fashion site sizes up women

A new web-based tool has caused a buzz in an area not normally associated with technology – that of high street fashion. Entitled What Size Am I?, the site lets women input their bust, waist and hip measurements, and then informs them what size they.. more

iPad in repetitive strain fears

The iPad has been around for some time now – in fact, the third version of the tablet is about to be revealed. Therefore it’s bad timing for Apple that the latest story to hit the headlines regarding its market dominating slate links it to.. more

Freeview HD reaches 4.5 million mark

Freeview has released a new batch of statistics regarding its adoption over the course of last year, with more folks taking up HD boxes. By the end of December 2011, the number of Freeview HD units sold hit 4.4 million, with sales in the final.. more

Tesco “unlimited” broadband for £2.50

Tesco has launched a new offer for an “unlimited” broadband package bundled with a phone line rental. While the broadband package is charged at £2.50 per month, the phone line rental is £13.75 to make a monthly total of £16.25 for both. The phone package.. more

Kingdoms of Amalur hits number one

There’s a new number one in the all-format UK game chart this week, after two RPGs battled it out at the top. Last week’s chart topper, Final Fantasy XIII-2, slid to number two with the release of EA’s Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, which blazed into.. more
Posted in All Tech News, Gaming News: PC, Xbox, PS3 & Nintendo on February 13, 2012

Apple seeks Galaxy Nexus ban in US

The latest in a long line of legal volleys between Apple and Samsung has been fired. And it’s Apple which is taking pot-shots again, this time with a series of patent infringement accusations which cover various mobile phone technologies. Apple filed this latest episode in.. more

Google gears up for “entertainment device”

Google is set to make the move into its own branded hardware this year, it would seem. A number of reports have sprung up across the net pertaining to an “entertainment device” which the firm is now working on. This would be a hardware product.. more

Skyrim wins big at IAA 2012 awards

The results of this year’s Interactive Achievement Awards (IAA) are in, with Skyrim doing very well for itself indeed. Skyrim took the coveted Game of the Year accolade which was scooped by the multi-award winning Mass Effect 2 last year. Bethesda’s RPG took five awards.. more
Posted in All Tech News, Gaming News: PC, Xbox, PS3 & Nintendo on February 13, 2012

Cheaper car insurance via TomTom tracking?

TomTom has found an innovative new use for its sat-nav systems in the insurance industry. The company has partnered up with insurance firm Motaquote to launch “Fair Pay Insurance”, which aims to tackle the rising cost of car insurance. Younger drivers lacking no-claims bonuses can.. more

Ofcom to make switching ISP easier

Ofcom has published its latest proposal relating to telecoms, with the body advocating a process designed to make it easier to change your telecoms and/or broadband provider. And also to put an end to some of the industry’s less salubrious practices, such as “slamming”, being.. more

iPad 3 to be unveiled next month

It’s long been rumoured that Apple is set to launch the next iPad in the spring, and the latest whispers to drift from dark corners in Cupertino is that the company is ramping up activity to prepare for a March unveil. And early March at.. more

Xbox 720: The pre-owned games debate

We’ve heard plenty about the next Xbox, which many are calling the Xbox 720 for the time being. The console, which should be out in the autumn of 2013, is alleged to have six times the graphical firepower of the Xbox 360, it’ll play Blu-ray.. more

PC sales down 20% in the UK

The UK market for PCs is looking decidedly rocky according to the latest figures from Gartner. The research firm, which doesn’t include media tablets in its PC stats as do some rivals, estimated a year-on-year decline of 19.6% in overall fourth quarter PC shipments for.. more

Chrome for Android: The reaction

You’re unlikely to have missed the fact that this week, Google has pushed out a beta of the Chrome for Android browser. This means that Android tablet and smartphone users can be officially Chromed up for surfing the mobile web, albeit a small percentage of.. more

Apple TV to snare 5% of HDTV market?

At the end of last year, we heard a lot of rumours about Apple’s supposedly upcoming TV set offering (the iTV, as it has been referred to in the past). Speculation indicated that the HDTV will come in three sizes, from 32 to 55 inches,.. more

Samsung Galaxy S III: Thinnest phone yet?

There’s been another rush of rumours about Samsung’s next-generation Galaxy S. One piece of speculation, derived from OLED-Display.net, claims that the handset will be the thinnest phone ever at just 7mm thick. Apparently the firm has managed to find a way to produce more slender.. more