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30 January 2009
News: Sony and Sharp LCD venture delayed

Sony and Sharp have put a joint venture to produce an LCD screen together on hold.
28 January 2009
News: UK Film Council search engine finds online movies

The UK Film Council has launched a search engine FindAnyFilm.com so that film buffs will be able to find when, where and how more than 30,000 movies are available, including on the internet.
News: Lost is first HD show available on iTunes UK

Apple is finally offering UK iTunes users the chance to download TV shows in high definition, starting with Amercian drama Lost.
24 January 2009
News: The 17 worst computer games of 2008

2008 was a great year for gaming, featuring blockbusters such as Metal Gear Solid 4 and Grand Theft Auto 4. But along with the classics, a number of rubbish games were released. We've rounded up the 17 games you should definitely stay away from.
22 January 2009
News: Toshiba announces 16in multimedia laptop

Toshiba has announced the Toshiba Satellite A350 - a laptop with a 16in, 1366x768 pixel, 16:9 widescreen.
21 January 2009
News: MSN Mobile gets music download service

Microsoft today launched a music download service on MSN Mobile. The MSN service enables users to download pay-for videos and music tracks to their mobile phones.
News: Manx ISP offers unlimited music downloads

The government of the Isle of Man has proposed that residents of the island pay its ISP a one-off fee for unlimited music downloads.
News: Sony: Microsoft Xbox 360 'lacks longevity'

Sony Computer Entertainment chairman Kazuo Hirai has slammed Microsoft's Xbox 360 console for not lasting long enough.
20 January 2009
News: PC more popular than TV for UK children

UK children spend nearly six hours each day in front of a television or computer.
News: Bournemouth to get 100Mbps broadband by March

The first homes in the UK to get 100Mbps broadband access will be connected by March, says H2O.
News: YouTube lets users download clips in MPEG4

YouTube is offering users the chance to download clips as well as stream them from some of the channels on its video-sharing site.
News: Sony TV switches off if no-one's watching

Sony has unveiled the latest in green technology - a TV that automatically switches off if there's no-one watching it.
19 January 2009
Video: World Technology Update: January 19 2009

This week our show comes from CES again with Palm unveiling a new phone, Sony showing off futuristic glasses and Samsung thinning down their TVs and Blu-ray players. All that news and more on this week’s World Tech Update.
News: Watch YouTube on your PS3 or Wii

PlayStation 3 (PS3) and Nintendo Wii owners can now watch YouTube on their televisions. Currently in beta and announced only Thursday in a blog post by the YouTube Team, the YouTube for Television website offers a remote control-friendly user interface for the popular video site.
17 January 2009
News: The 16 best games that you've never played

2008 was a brilliant year for gaming with the release of blockbusters such as Gears of War 2 and Call of Duty: World at War. But the year also saw some brilliant, lesser-known games released. We've taken a look at the best 16 games you've probably never played.
14 January 2009
News: Microsoft targets education with Surface computer

Microsoft hopes the education sector will prove a lucrative market for its Surface tabletop computer, and is demonstrating possible uses for the technology at this week's BETT show.
News: Microsoft patches Windows 7 beta

Microsoft yesterday issued its first patch for the just-released Windows 7 beta, but it passed on plugging a hole in an important file-sharing protocol that it fixed in older versions of the operating system.
13 January 2009
News: Top 10 most popular UK online retailers 2008 Christmas

Amazon was the top UK online retailer in the last quarter of 2008, followed by Argos, Tesco, Play.com and Marks & Spencer.
News: Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars gets 18 rating

The latest game in the controversial Grand Theft Auto series has given an 18+ age rating by the British Board of Film Classification.
12 January 2009
News: Plasma TVs to be banned under EU laws

Large plasma TVs could be banned if a new EU standard is passed this spring.