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BBC and Sky are the big players in British mobile TV
A new study by an audience measurement group shows that the two main players in the relatively small British mobile TV market are the BBC and Sky. It looked at mobile users' watching of channels, websites and content titles, and…
The Supernanny goes online
Love Supernanny? Yeah, course you do. There's nothing like relaxing after a hard day's work by listening to other people's kids screaming, shouting, swearing, and tantrum-ing. At least you have the volume control… Now the little terrors are going online….
Does Firefox 2's anti-phishing tool violate privacy?
There are concerns that the latest and greatest Firefox, version 2, could compromise a user's privacy because of the way that its anti-phishing system works. To use the feature, you (apparently, I haven't used it yet) have to send Google…
ISP ordered to block Danes access to AllofMP3.com
The Danish court has ordered that European ISP Tele2 block its Danish customers' access to the controversial AllofMP3.com music download site. Though AllofMP3.com claims that it's totally legal because it pays money to a Russian-based society (ROMS) to license its…
Line of a song sells for £11,000 on eBay
In another Internet and eBay first, an unsigned singer-songwriter from Wimbledon has sold a line of lyrics from one of his songs on eBay for over £11,000. Jonathan Haselden, desperate to get his music noticed, decided to go for…
Show off your photos with NuVue Digital Photo Frames
In a world of digital photos, it makes sense to have a digital photo frame, like these two gizmos from NuVue. Why display a single picture when you can display a whole digital album complete with timed transitions? The NV-561…
Yay or Nay: Online backup services
We've reported a number of companies getting into the online data storage/backup game recently, including Carbonite, BT, AOL, Diino, and Streamload. Back in July it was Backup Awareness Month, though the primary reason for that was to get you to…
Video games may teach kids life skills
A new study suggests that kids are being taught valuable life skills by playing video games – just as well if it's true as it also says that around 4 in 5 nine to nineteen year olds own a games…
Diino offers 2GB free storage to celebrate launch of version 4
It seems that the online storage market is hotting up, with BT's digital vault opening up and an improved offering from Carbonite. Now, Diino has launched version 4 of its web-based file storage, access and distribution service. This service seems…
Hacker cracks iTunes DRM protection, plans to license to rivals
A hacker from the company DoubleTwist claims that he has cracked the DRM code that protects Apple's iTunes Store tracks and stops them being played on anything except iTunes or the iPod. Jon Lech Johanses said he'd reverse-engineered the copy-protection…