Project Canvas is a joint venture which sees the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Talk Talk and Arqiva in partnership with the aim of providing a common platform to deliver TV content to people all over the UK via the internet and other IP streaming formats. However the partership has just been dealt a small [...]
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Gaming Weekly – Golden Wrenches, Halo Reaches to Blood Gulch and XBLA gets a facelift?
One Quick Announcement:
In the previous gaming weekly, the writer thought it would be funny to insert many references to the song Riverside, featuring Sidney Samson and some sort of rapper called Wizard Sleeve. This may have both shocked and confused our reader base, and as a result said writer has been wired into www.leekspin.com, Clockwork [...]
Gaming classics with the RetroN 3 in 1 console
Wow, well this tickles our nerdy bone. We all love retro things and most of us love gaming but its generally pretty hard to search your parent’s attic to drag out your old NES or Sega Megadrive console only to find the 15+ years of neglect and water damage has broken your childhood dream machine.
And [...]
Sony unveil classic white PS3 Slim Console
Sony have announced plans to release a “Classic White” version of its Playstation 3 Slim console at the end of this year, but don’t go getting your hopes up to have a nice new console that fits in with your fridge as currently the pristine console will only be going on sale in Japan.
For now!
We [...]
PS3 firmware 3.40 update released for Playstation Plus subscriptions
Sony has released its latest Playstation 3 software update for its gaming console, and its a big release as it includes the new Playstation Plus premium subscription service.
The PS3 firmware 3.40 update is being rolled out across consoles today and includes the option to subscribe to the PSN+ service yearly subscription service which is similar [...]
Dell Streak now available SIM Free
The Dell Streak Android smartphone/media player can now be bought SIM Free directly from the Dell online store.
So all of those people who wanted the monster Android device but didn’t want to be tied down to the O2 network can pop on over to www. Dell.com and grab yourself a SIM free version, but be [...]
BT Vision gets Sky Sports 1 and 2
Great news for all BT vision customers, as BSkyB and BT have announced that they will be joining forces to enable BT vision customers to view the Sky Sports 1 and 2 channels.
The deal was made to allow BT customers access to the two premium sports channels from the 1st of August onwards and will [...]
BBC Website crashes around the England vs Slovenia crunch game
If you are one of the millions of football fans over the UK who was hoping to sneakily catch the England vs Slovenia final group stages match, either at home or on your work PC they may have been in for a little bit of a disappointment as there due to the high demand of [...]
UK’s proposed broadband tax scrapped
George Osborne today announced that as a part of his emergency budget, the proposed 50p Broadband Tax will be scrapped. The plan was devised by Labour as a way to fund an improved broadband network in the UK, and a rollout of Fibre Optic cabling in rural areas. The 50p Tax was to be added [...]
Gaming Weekly – E3 2010’s Whos, Whats and Whens, Crysis 2 excites and plus goes the Playstation
We’re Writing About E3…
Oh yes, we are writing about E3. This week’s blog will show off some of the highlights of this year’s show, and bring to the attention of the huge fan base gaming commands some of the latest and greatest new innovations, new consoles and games from E3 2010.
Check out a few of [...]
