Category: Internet
"Web on Wheels" – Bringing the Opera browser to your motor
With pretty much every facet of our lives now web-connected, one of the last untapped regions is that of inside your car. But according to market analysis firm Strategy Analytics, almost 90 percent of vehicles produced in North America and…
Firefox Mobile hits the Nokia N900
Nokia's N900 handset has become the first phone to get Firefox Mobile. Firefox Mobile uses Mozilla's Weave Sync function to sync your Maemo 5 OS with both the mobile browser and your desktop browser's tabs, history, passwords and bookmarks. It…
Devolo dLAN 200 AVplus Starter Kit- Review
Name: Devolo dLAN 200 AVplus Starter Kit Type: Powerline network adapter set Price: £119.99 (Maplin) The world has become pretty comfortable with the idea of wireless internet, sending data over the air from wireless routers to all sorts of internet…
SeeSaw video-on-demand service begins beta trial tomorrow
Does anyone remember the ill-fated Project Kangaroo? Well out of it's ashes rises SeeSaw, a new video-on-demand service which include shows such as "Doctor Who", "That Mitchell and Webb Look" and "Cranford". The service, which aims to combine the best…
70 million households will pay for internet TV by 2014
As many as 70 million homes will be paying for IPTV by 2014, according to research analysts Informa. That figure doubles the amount of users currently paying for shows over the internet. "The global total of pay IPTV homes will…
Security fix on its way to Internet Explorer
Microsoft are about to roll out a security update that should see users of Internet Explorer 6 protected from the attacks that have caused the French and German governments to condemn the browser. The vulnerability highlighted by the recent phishing…
Interview: Betfair TV CEO Simon Miller on online gambling and the future of internet-connected TVs
Fancy a quick flutter on the footie? Thanks to Betfair's recent debut on the Yahoo! TV Widget engine, gamblers can place bets from the comfort of their armchair. But what does this mean for the traditional high-street based bookie? Is…
Band financed through social-network pals at Slicethepie.com land major label deal
While illegal MP3 downloads may be giving the internet a bad name, here's a story proving it isn't all theft and piracy in the world of digital music. Scars on 45, a UK band funded by fans via the…
Pirate Bay founders fined a further £87,500
Pirate Bay founders Gottfrid Svartholm and Fredrik Neij have been fined a further one million Swedish kronor (£87,500) after failing to heed a court order asking that the torrent site be shut down. EMI Music, Universal Music, Sony BMG and…
Censorship in China may force Google.cn to close
A post on the Google blog titled "A New Approach to China" has revealed Google's plans to stop censoring search results gathered at their .cn domain. The decision follows a number of attacks on the Gmail accounts of Google users…
