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14 May 2009
News: Virgin to add 500,000 buildings to cable network

In the first significant expansion of UK cable coverage this century, Virgin Media is to connect around half a million more premises to its network - including 50,000 homes and businesses to be connected in 2009.
News: Seagate offers free films with FreeAgent Go

Short film network Future Shorts has partnered with Seagate to offer free downloads of short films to people who buy one of the company's FreeAgent Go portable hard drives.
13 May 2009
News: French gov't passes illegal downloads legislation

Legislation, which will see illegal file sharers disconnected from the internet, has been passed by the French National Assembly, despite initially being rejected last month.
12 May 2009
News: Nintendo Wii is perfect wedding gift

The Nintendo Wii is among one of the 20 most requested items on wedding lists, says Debenhams.
News: Illegal downloaders should be banned from the net

The UK Film Council, along with a number of other industry bodies and trade unions are urging the government to ban illegal downloaders from the net.
News: Virgin helps government tackle illegal file sharers

Virgin Media has joined forces with Channel 4 and BSkyB in a bid to help the government tackle internet piracy.
11 May 2009
News: BBC unveils CBeebies iPlayer

The BBC has unveiled a child-friendly version of its iPlayer that ensures children can not access inappropriate content.
09 May 2009
News: How 10 great products got their names

They sound right now, but how did our favourite products get their odd names? From iPod and BlackBerry to Twitter and Wikipedia, PC Advisor explains.
08 May 2009
Video: World Technology Update - 8 May 2009

Amazon intros a new Kindle, an Imagine Cup finalist is chosen and robotic mower saves you some work. All that news and more on this week’s World Tech Update.
01 May 2009
News: Left 4 Dead available for free on Steam

Kotaku is offering gamers the chance to play zombie-fueled first-person shooter Left 4 Dead for free.
30 April 2009
News: RealDVD trial extended to next week

A widely watched court case pitting software maker RealNetworks against seven Hollywood studios will resume next week after court testimony took longer than expected on Wednesday.
27 April 2009
Opinion: DVD copying case: why you should care

RealNetworks and the major movie studios gathered in San Francisco's US District Court on Friday to (possibly) determine the fate of DVD copying.
Video: Researchers develop speaker made of paper

Researchers at Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute have developed a speaker that's made of paper and can be gently bent and rolled.
News: Paper speakers could be used with LCD TVs

A Taiwanese research group has developed stereo speakers in paper, which will lead to low-cost speakers perfect for thin devices such as LCD TVs or even talking movie posters to be used as advertisements.
25 April 2009
News: Analysis: explaining the fuss over The Pirate Bay

Last week, the four owners of Swedish BitTorrent search engine The Pirate Bay were found guilty of copyright crimes and sentenced to a year in prision. But just what did they do wrong? We investigate the issues with file sharing and BitTorrents.
News: 10 times the web got it seriously wrong

Don't believe everything you read on the web. We've rounded up the internet's 10 biggest howlers.
22 April 2009
News: Glasses-free 3D TV coming next year

Within the next few years, companies from Taiwan may begin selling LCD TVs with 3D viewing technology that does not require the special glasses normally used in movie theaters to show 3D films.
20 April 2009
News: New Adobe Flash streams internet content to TVs

Adobe has unveiled a version of its Flash multimedia streaming technology that would allow people to run entertainment programming directly to television sets from the internet, a new option for the rapidly changing digital-home market.
18 April 2009
News: The 10 best Wi-Fi gadgets

We've rounded up what we think are the 10 best Wi-Fi gadgets currently available. Add these devices to your network for a new world of wireless productivity and entertainment.
17 April 2009
Video: World Technology Update - 17 April 2009

New York Auto Show shows off car technology, Sun launches new servers, Sanyo unveils a laser projector, Sony intros a new Walkman and Honda demos two motion assistance devices