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  • News: Internet overtaking TV in the US

    More Americans are turning to the internet for entertainment and information, according to a survey by Edison Media Research.

  • News: New RealPlayer available for download in UK

    RealNetworks' new RealPlayer is now available in the UK for consumers to download for free at www.realplayer.com. Real claims that the all-new RealPlayer allows PC users to use a single application to record and download videos from tens-of-thousands of websites with a single click. Read our exclusive preview of RealPlayer here.

  • News: BBC accused of favouring Windows over Mac OS

    The BBC has been accused of forcing people to use Microsoft operating systems to access its iPlayer service - which is due to launch later this year.

  • News: The 8 most-hyped tech products in history

    Apple's iPhone goes on sale tomorrow, but it's not the first tech product to generate a deafening amount of buzz before its availability in stores. We look at the most highly anticipated products of the past 20 years - and show that not all of them lived up to the hype

  • News: Samsung builds single-chip TV for mobiles

    Samsung Electronics has developed a pair of chips that can receive and decode four mobile digital TV systems. The chips should make possible smaller portable media players and mobile phones that can pick up local broadcasts around the world.

  • News: Eight colours in Dell's new laptop range

    Dell today launched its brand new range of consumer laptops. The Dell Inspiron range of portables comes in two widescreen flavours - 15.4in and 17in - and eight colours. The eight different chassis tones range from shocking pink, through bright yellow to black.

  • News: Dell announces 'world's thinnest 13in laptop'

    As part of a major rebranding excercise, Dell today announced the Dell XPS M1330 Ultramobile notebook. Dell claims the XPS M1330 is the world's thinnest 13in laptop PC.

  • News: Wireless HD video draws scepticism

    A chipset promising to allow users to send high definition (HD) video wirelessly throughout the home faces hurdles in the market due to competing technology standards, according to market researcher Gartner.

  • News: YouTube more popular than BBC

    According to research from Hitwise, YouTube is set replace the BBC as most visited general entertainment site for UK web surfers, if current trends continue.

  • News: Microsoft upping stakes in China

    Microsoft wants to play a bigger role in China's living rooms, and the company is willing to spend millions of dollars to get there.

  • News: Apple iPhone launch may be delayed

    A Piper Jaffray analyst warned yesterday that Apple's European iPhone launch "may be delayed".

  • News: Adobe adds free video-editing app to YouTube

    Adobe has released Adobe Premiere Express, a free, web-based video remix and editing technology that’s designed to be easy and fun to use. The online video-editing software is now available for users of YouTube and MTV.com.

  • News: YouTube attacked by 'Zlob' malware hijack

    YouTube is being used to distribute a variant of the Zlob adware.

  • News: Hands-on preview: Apple TV & YouTube

    Yesterday the long-awaited YouTube update for Apple TV arrived. Now Apple's television-synching box comes with YouTube functionality built in. Initially, we weren't hugely impressed with Apple TV, citing lack of UK content as a reason to award it only 2.5 out of 5.

  • News: Hackers to attack digital home & Wi-Fi

    Online criminals looking for new areas to attack in the next few years will find green fields in the internet infrastructure and the digital home, according to researchers at McAfee's AVERT labs.

  • News: EMI: 'DRM-free iTunes Plus a big success'

    EMI has confirmed that the company's move to sell DRM-free tracks through iTunes has been a significant success.

  • News: Apple reveals Bluetooth headset for iPhone

    Apple has announced that the Aliph Jawbone, a good-looking Bluetooth headset, will partner its iPhone hybrid iPod and mobile phone.

  • News: Apple iPhone gets YouTube application

    Apple today announced that the Apple iPhone will support Google's YouTube internet video website when it ships on June 29. iPhone users will be able to wirelessly stream YouTube content to their iPhone over Wi-Fi or EDGE networks, using an Apple-designed application.

  • News: Dragon's Den's iTeddy recruits The Wombles

    iTeddy, a cuddly toy that met with approval when presented on TV programme Dragon’s Den, makes its UK launch tomorrow. The iTeddy is no ordinary bear: it houses a media player on which kids can listen to music and audio books, watch TV shows, cartoons and videos.

  • News: PlayStation 3 being used as a Blu-ray player

    Movie-rental giant Blockbuster has the first confirmation outside of Sony that the PlayStation 3 gmaes console is being used as a Blu-ray Disc movie player.