Skip to main content

Digital Lifestyle > Breaking news

Thu, 26 Nov 2009

Sennheiser intros MM 450 Travel Bluetooth headset

Nick Spence

Sennheiser have introduced the MM 450 TRAVEL headset, designed to work with mobile phones and other Bluetooth devices.

Thu, 26 Nov 2009

Virgin Media brings TiVo back to the UK

Megan Burger PC Advisor

Personal video recorder (PVR) company TiVo, is coming to the UK, the company and Virgin Media announced this week.

Wed, 25 Nov 2009

FileMaker offers BOGOF on FileMaker Pro 10

Nick Spence

FileMaker is offering a special, limited-time buy one get one free offer on the award winning FileMaker Pro 10 database software in the run up to Christmas.

Wed, 25 Nov 2009

BBC iPlayer comes to Freesat from 7 December

Nick Spence

The BBC's iPlayer catch-up TV service, will be available in beta format from 7 December on Freesat, with ITV Player to follow early in 2010.

Wed, 25 Nov 2009

Chinese authorities lament: 3G means more porn

Owen Fletcher

China called for a cleanup of mobile porn Web sites on Wednesday as it blamed their rise on high-speed 3G mobile data services.

Wed, 25 Nov 2009

Amazon Kindle improves battery life, adds native PDF support

Nick Spence

Amazon has announced a new improved Kindle e-book reader, with significantly improved battery life and native PDF support.

Wed, 25 Nov 2009

Official: Bournemouth has UK's fastest broadband speeds

Carrie-Ann Skinner PC Advisor

According to new research from Top 10 Broadband, Bournemouth has the fastest average broadband speeds in the UK.

Wed, 25 Nov 2009

Racist image tops Google search results for Michelle Obama

Sumner Lemon

A racist caricature is currently the top-ranked image of first lady Michelle Obama on Google's image search engine.

Tue, 24 Nov 2009

'Godfather of Spam' gets four year prison stretch

Jeremy Kirk

Alan Ralsky and three others received jail time for their parts in a spam stock manipulation scheme.

Tue, 24 Nov 2009

Meet Bento 3, Apple Store, Regent Street, Wednesday 9 December

Nick Spence

'Meet Bento 3' on Wednesday, 9 December, 2009 at the flagship Apple Store, Regent Street for a free guide to all that's new from the personal database software.

Tue, 24 Nov 2009

Facebook worm spreads with a lurid lure

Jeremy Kirk

Facebook was hit with a worm that infected users' profiles and then redirected them to pornography sites.

Tue, 24 Nov 2009

Microsoft issues security advisory on IE vulnerability

John Fontana

Microsoft has issued a security advisory that provides customers with guidance and workarounds for dealing with a zero-day exploit aimed at Internet Explorer.

Mon, 23 Nov 2009

Stephen Fry gets behind TalkTalk's net piracy campaign

Carrie-Ann Skinner PC Advisor

Mac enthusiast and Twitter fan Stephen Fry has added his support for TalkTalk's campaign against Internet privacy plans.

Mon, 23 Nov 2009

Spotify comes to Symbian mobile phone platform

Nick Spence

Spotify has launched on the Symbian mobile phone platform, which covers over 50 per cent of the global smartphone market.

Mon, 23 Nov 2009

FileMaker’s CubeAwards09: Winners announced

Nick Spence

FileMaker on Friday held the awards ceremony for its annual CubeAwards, showcasing the best in UK FileMaker software developers.

Mon, 23 Nov 2009

Scrolling magic of Apple's Magic Mouse comes to PC users

Nick Spence

Apple's Magic Mouse is now reportedly available to Windows users using a hack of a Bluetooth update.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009

Expect Apple tablet at around £400 - analyst

Karen Haslam

Piper Jaffray has forecast that the tablet device will cost between $500 (£303) and $700 (£424), with a bill of materials for the tablet of around $480 (£291).

Fri, 20 Nov 2009

Apple Tablet may be the reason e-readers fail

Matt Hamblen, Computerworld US

Smartphones or tablet computers could become an effective alternative to e-readers, with Apple Inc. possibly stealing all the attention with a tablet-sized device that functions as an e-reader. iSuppli predicts that 13 million e-readers will be sold next year, up from about 5 million in 2009, other analysts are less sure

Fri, 20 Nov 2009

Apple Tablet: It'll ship when it's good and ready

David Coursey, PC World (US)

Whenever it ships, the Apple tablet will appear only when Steve decides it is ready and not before. That is, it'll shine when it shines.

Thu, 19 Nov 2009

Wired coming to an ebook/Apple tablet near you

Karen Haslam

Condé Nast Publications believes the future of its magazines is digital-only subscriptions and is working on a version of Wired for ebook readers and the rumoured Apple tablet.

top | older >>