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Majority of business travellers don't want mobile phone use in-flight
A survey by Barclaycard Business suggests that any introduction of in-flight mobile phone use would be unpopular with the majority of business travellers. Over 4,000 businesspeople were questioned, and found that six out of ten would not want such technology…
BT to cut broadband prices for competitors
BT has announced that it will cut the price of its broadband rates from the beginning of May. It plans to cut the amount it charges to competitors who use its infrastructure by 9%….
Virgin Radio first to make content available on Wii and PS3
In a first for a UK radio station, Virgin Radio is to make its content available on the Nintendo Wii and Playstation 3 games consoles. The station claims that it's possible thanks to the MP3-streaming capacity of its Virgin Radio…
British Internet users wasting time 'wilfing' online
A new report suggests that two out of three UK Internet users waste significant portions of time to irrelevant web browsing. "Wilfing" is one of those irritating new technology-related acronyms that means "What Was I Looking For?", and occurs when…
Thai government blocks YouTube after video clip insults monarch
The Thailand government blocked access to YouTube yesterday after it complained that a short video clip on the site was insulting to 79-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej. YouTube apparently turned down a request to remove the 44-second video which depicted graffiti-like…
Chiltern Railways continues to develop mobile ticketing system
Chiltern Railways has entered the second phase of its mobile phone ticketing project following a successful three-month pilot where 6,000 mobile phone tickets were sold. They are the first UK rail company to offer barcodes on mobile phones as an…
Apple releases 8-core Intel Xeon-based Mac Pro
Apple has extended its Mac Pro range of desktop computers with a new 8-core machine, featuring two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5300 series processors. Added to this, the machine comes with 8MB of L2 cache per processor (16MB total),…
GEAR4 release iVak soft-feel hard casing for iPods
GEAR4 has rolled out another set of iPod cases. The iVAK protects the iPod nano and iPod video with a scratch-resistant liquid rubber finished case with a hard plastic screen protector and film click-wheel protector. The iVAK has a two-piece…
Vodafone to open Connectivity Centres in PC World stores
Dixons Store Group (DSG), the parent company of high street names Currys and PC World, seem to be in mobile mode at present. Last month we reported that Currys would sell mobile phones in up to 500 of its stores,…
Lenovo tops Greenpeace's latest eco-charts
The Chinese computer manufacturer Lenovo has climbed to the top spot in Greenpeace's latest quarterly report on how environmentally friendly electronics firms are. Previously, the PC maker ranked low but in the first report of 2007 has succeeded Nokia, Sony…