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Film4 and E4 HD coming this summer

British broadcasters Channel 4 have announced that  its E4 and Film4 channels will be getting an HD version this summer, but with a small catch, the 2 channels will only be available exclusively for Virgin Media customers!
This is pretty bad news for the soon to be released freeview HD service as the big selling point [...]

Apple iPad gets a US release date and new Advert

The Apple iPad has an official US release- date of the 3rd of April. Apple announced the date last week for the much anticipated “Netbook killer” but for all of those Apple-Aholics out there calm down because the 3rd of April release date is solely for the Wi-Fi only iPads, with the 3g enabled pads [...]

Gaming Weekly – Gaming Sequals, PS3 Bugs and new Retro gaming!

Something Sequel This Way Comes…
There’s something not quite right in the very depths of videogame content delivery platform Steam today… apart from the occasional intermittent errors, community flame wars and of course the rumblings of the Control Point Podcast, there’s another small difference… and it goes beep beep beep.
Some of you Valve buddies may have [...]

Samsung Diva Phones released (with free Makeup!)

The Samsung Diva handsets are finally on sale as of last week, but for those of you expecting to get a free PSP or some cash back on the mobile contract setup, you need to think again. As the Samsung Divas are aimed at the ladies, Samsung have a slightly alternative package on offer.
For those [...]

Skype App comes to the Nokia Ovi Store

Further to our recent feature on the future of Skype and mobile phones, today it has been announced that Nokia will be bringing a Skype app to their Ovi store.
The Skype for Symbian app will be an entirely free download and will enable Wi-Fi or 3G connected Nokia users to make phone and video calls [...]

Orange and T-Mobile merger get’s European Commission approval

The European Commission has finally given the green light on the proposed merger of two of the UK’s leading mobile network operators. A T-Mobile and Orange merger was, announced in August 2009 as a 50:50 joint venture and has been waiting since then for the EC to give the go ahead to create what [...]

Quick Tips: Importing a CD to MP3’s on iTunes

When importing all of your CD’s into your iTunes it’s always a little annoying when you go to transfer your music to another media type (like your mobile phone) and the iTunes standard file will not play!
Well fear not people, we are here to help.
The MP3 format is the de facto standard of digital music [...]

Sony PS3 Leapyear bug resolved

Yesterday millions of Playstation Network users had to go without using their console for over 24 hours due to an unforeseen bug which resulted in the PS3 thinking that 2010 was a leapyear.
As February the 28th turned into to the 1st of March many PS3 users were experiencing issues with the “Trophies not Syncing” and [...]

Nokia 6700s Manual – An Interactive Guide to your Phone

Whether you’ve been deliberating on getting a Nokia 6700s mobile phone or you already own one, the expert team at Vodafone have just launched an excellent interactive online manual on everything you could possibly want to know about the phone.
Not only does this comprehensive Nokia 6700s manual run you through the phone specs and step [...]

Gaming Weekly – Quake III to Android, Xbox Live is Evil and this weeks releases

Quake III Ported to Android.
A multiplayer institution well before the strange and wonderful world of warcraft, Quake III always made for some brilliant fun, either with your mates or online.  After the reasonable success of Quake Live, a browser-based version of the game, gamers still seem to want more. In a recent video, Youtube channel Androidandme have just [...]