Category: Internet
Ridley Scott and Kevin MacDonald to work on YouTube "Life in a Day" video time-capsule, need your submissions
Acclaimed filmmakers Ridley Scott and Kevin MacDonald are to collaborate on a project called "Life in a Day", which sees them create a documentary made up of YouTube submissions of footage shot on July 24th of this year. The idea…
The Times goes behind a paywall today
Readers of The Times website, the online presence of one the UK's oldest and most well respected papers goes behind a paywall today. Long gone is free-browsing of The Times articles, with access now restricted to those willing to…
New Mi-Fi portable 3G Wi-Fi router launched by Three
Three have unveiled a new version of their Mi-Fi personal Wi-Fi unit. The Huawei E585 features one touch start-up and can hook as many as 5 devices up to the internet over 3G at once. One-button start-up isn't the only…
How To: Watch the World Cup on a PC, iPad, iPhone or Android handset
World Cup season is upon us once again! Every four years we all go crazy watching 22 men kick about a leather sphere, make heroes of goal-scoring stars and endure heartbreak when we get knocked out. And we love it!…
BBC iPlayer gets social networking and customisation features in new update
The BBC's Anthony Rose and Erik Huggers have today been showing off the fruits of a brand new revamp for the BBC's video on demand service, iPlayer. Customisation options and the introduction of social networking features sit at the top…
Digital Economy Bill will not be repealed
The Digital Economy Bill, the move rushed in during the last days of the Labour government that would see ISPs suspending the accounts of illegal file-sharers, will not be repealed. That is according to the New Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport…
Hotmail to get extensive update this summer
Long since migrated from Microsoft's Hotmail webmail service to Google's Gmail? Well Microsoft are looking to rein you back in over the course of the summer, as they today revealed details of a major update. Taking a leaf out of…
OnLive game streaming platform to be bundled with BT Broadband in the UK
While it once seemed like an impossible pipe-dream, OnLive's game streaming service now has the backing of at least one heavyweight partner, BT. BT have signed an exclusive partnership deal with the cloud gaming company, obtaining a 2.6 per cent…
Firefox 4 plans unveiled in slide-show
Firefox 4: fast, powerful and empoweringView more presentations from Mike Beltzner. Mozilla have been working away on a sleeker, faster and safer version of their Firefox web browser for around a year now. Today, Mozilla's Mike Beltzner has shared a…
Non-Latin domain names go live in "historic" day for the internet
Non-Latin web addresses have gone live today, in what is being described as a "historic" day for the world wide web. Net regulators ICANN have now made available a system in which web addresses no longer have to include a…
