Month: May 2010
Top 20 World Cup iPhone Apps
Unless you've been living in a cave for the last couple of months, you'll be aware that we're just a matter of days away from the beginning of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals. The world's greatest sporting event (because,…
Avoid boring conversations with the Fake A Call iPhone app
We've all been through it, been accosted by an old school "friend" at a pub or been asked to work a little later by our boss and have been wishing for an excuse to whisk yourself away sharpish. Well now…
Picklive real-time fantasy football network launches in time for the World Cup!
Picklive, the world's first real-time online fantasy football game, has just left the beta stage and is now open to all comers. Just in time for the World Cup too! Picklive takes the traditional fantasy football idea and condenses it…
Nokia N8 headed to Vodafone
The Nokia N8, the Finnish phone manufacturer's new flagship handset, will be hitting the Vodafone network. However, the news does not bring with it a more concrete release date for the smartphone, with "Q3 2010" still the best we…
PS3 Playstation Network to get premium subscription version?
PSN, the Playstation 3's free online gaming and download platform, is rumoured to be getting an optional paid-for version in the near future. Speaking to CVG, Playstation Europe boss Andrew House has suggested that the service may be launching as…
Gallery: Acer launch the LumiRead e-reader
Acer have today announced the launch of their LumiRead e-reader. Who cares about e-readers these days when you have some mighty fine tablets flying around, I hear you say? Well Acer hope to whet your appetite by throwing in some…
Poll: Are you happy with the new Facebook privacy settings?
Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg last night announced the details of his social network's new privacy controls, after many users felt that the previous settings were too complicated. Under the banner of "one simple control", Facebook hope the new controls will…
British scientist becomes first human to become infected with a computer virus
Dr Mark Gasson, a cybernetics scientist at the University of Reading, has become the world's first human to become infected with a computer virus. Gasson has an RFID (radio-frequency identification) chip implanted into his wrist, and deliberately infected it with…
Video Preview: A look at of BBC iPlayer's new features
The BBC today launched a pretty substantial re-vamp of their iPlayer video-on demand service. Adding customisable modules and integrating social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, the BBC look to have really paid attention to what the public have asked…
Video Interview: BBC iPlayer's Eric Huggers on web TV and social media
Eric Huggers, Controller of BBC Future Media, was in town today to talk about the latest re-vamped version of BBC iPlayer, Auntie's video on demand service that has taken the nation by storm. Shiny Shiny's Anna was on hand…