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Microsoft to bring more Surface Pro units to US/Canada

We reported earlier this week that Microsoft announced they ran out of stock of their Surface Pro tablet computers, leaving many potential customers unable to buy the new product. Microsoft have announced that they are bringing more stock into the American and Canadian channel next week. Some sources have been …

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BT to roll out fibre to 1.2 million more homes

Fibre

Telecoms provider BT has announced its intention to provide fibre optic broadband access to a further 1.2 million homes in the UK by the end of 2013. This will be achieved by upgrading another 99 exchanges in new areas, bringing 600,000 households online with the new tech, as well as …

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HTML could soon have its own web based DRM

HTML 5

While it seems to be uncertain at the moment if it'll become a standard – here's hoping not – the possibility of adding DRM to HTML is being talked about as a very real possibility in the near future. Known as the Encrypted Media Extensions proposal, the project is already …

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GameStop looking to claim 40 old GAME shops in France

Gamestop

There seems to be a peculiar trend when it comes to high street businesses. Often times if one shop goes under, another replaces it doing almost exactly the same thing. For some reason companies seem to think that just because the last business failed, doesn't mean their near identical one …

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Valve hardware dev gets the boot, could work on Occulus Rift

Valve's hardware guru Jeri Elssworth, announced this morning that she'd been let go from the company and would need to find a new workplace to call home. She was thought to be currently working on controller designers and other hardware developments for Valve's Steam Box console system. Noted for her …

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Apple iWatch could be used as smartphone ‘support’ tool

The inside murmurings of Apple's iWatch just won't vanish. Kitguru spoke with an insider in Taipei last night close to Apple who requested to remain nameless. Our source claimed that the recent reports on the ‘iWatch' are based on Apple insider information which has leaked. The ‘iWatch' name however may …

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Intel will launch Internet TV business this year

Intel have said that they will be releasing a set top box which will bring programming and other services into the home. The processor giant is continuing to try other markets for expansion. Intel are planning to bring a set top box which will enable the consumer to bring TV …

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Youtube is coming to Freesat

Freesat

Freesat users, get ready for a lot more cat videos as Youtube is coming to your service soon. Marking the first time that a dedicated channel for Youtube has been made available on a free to view platform in the UK. This announcement was made as part of a celebration …

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HMV shuts down ROI stores

HMV

Following on from the temporary closing of all HMV outlets in Ireland last month – as per Irish law – when the administration was announced, Deloitte, the administrator, has announced that all locations will be permanently shuttered since no buyer has been found for the branch of the firm. This …

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Terrarium Desk – bring nature indoors

Are you getting depressed working indoors all the time without a connection to mother nature? Then one solution by Daniel Zeller may resolve the problem, thanks to his new Terrarium Desk. Zeller is a mobile App developer in Norway and he wanted to add some foliage and greenery to his …

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Blackberry shares drop after Home Depot ditch phone

BlackBerry shares have fallen 4.6 percent in New York trading after Home Depot have said that they will stop issuing their phones to corporate employees and managers. The home improvement chain are going to swap out 10,000 Blackberry models with new Apple iPhones, according to Stephen Holmes, a spokesman for …

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Nvidia release ‘Gear Up’ Bundle

Due to the explosion of free-to-play gaming on the PC, bringing you next generation graphics in some of today’s biggest titles, we are starting to see more and more blockbuster games moving across to the free-to-play business model. It’s big business, with over 250 Million gamers now playing over 14 …

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Apple to release a bendible glass iWatch?

According to reports, Apple are testing a ‘watch-like device' which may have some features similar to a smartphone. This could mean a watch with built in Mapping, text message capabilities and even preinstalled with fitness applications. The Wall Street Journal has reported from sources that Apple have discussed this kind …

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How a game demo can harm a release

They were the staples of free gifts with gaming magazines for years and now, how many a game pirate will justify their reason for downloading a game before potentially buying it later on. Game demos have been around for a long time. However one man is suggesting that releasing a …

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Youtube banned in Egypt

Egypt Youtube

Youtube has been banned in Egypt for one month, as a protest for its streaming of what the ruling body describes as, “anti-muslim” film, “Innocence of Muslims.” This 14 minute trailer for a movie that has never seen the light of day, has drawn ire from much of the middle …

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Eric Schmidt could sell stock to get $2.5 billion

A recent SEC filing shows that Google Executive chairman Eric Schmidt could sell up to 42 percent of his stock in the company to get himself a tasty $2.5 billion. Schmidt owned 7.6 million shares in December and could sell 3.2 million shares over the course of the year in …

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bugged iOS 6.1 banned from corporate servers

The latest bug in iOS6.1 is causing issues for corporate servers due to ‘excessive logging' on Exchange servers when a user connects for mail and calender services. A report on Microsoft Technet says “I had a user upgrade to 6.1 and immediately after he finished, his phone/IPAD started causing excessive …

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Tim Cook opposed Samsung battle over patents

The battle between Apple and Samsung has been long drawn out, and still continues however the latest news to hit would indicate that Tim Cook (now the CEO) was against the legal action against Samsung. Tim Cook took over the reigns when Steve Jobs died, but new reports say that …

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Microsoft Surface Pro faced with supply problems

Microsoft have a lot riding on the release of the new Surface Pro tablet however they are facing a supply problem which is proving embarrassing for the operating system giant. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr3dFSzh1yU'] To promote the new range of tablets, they have started a high profile advertisement campaign which focuses on …

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EU to force digital companies to report hacks

EUEA

The European Union has announced a new cybersecurity directive, that will place legal bindings on companies in key internet positions to report any breaches of their security, such as hacking attacks. This would bring companies like Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and other large scale services in-line and force them to keep …

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HMV lays off 60 at head office

HMV

Following on from yesterday's story that administration firm Deloitte was set to shut 66 HMV locations around the country, we now have more details on which ones those will be and we've just heard that as many as 60 staff at the company's head quarters will be let go as well. One …

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Warner Bros sends invalid Mega DMCA requests to Google

Bugs

Warner Bros. has been caught out sending phony DMCA takedown requests to Google over Kim Dotcom's Mega file locker site. It obviously didn't realise that Mega links aren't listed with Google anyway – plus it sent the wrong URLs. A DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) request allows a media corporation to petition …

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Sexy, free, temporary email in an instant

We're surfing on the internet and you stumble upon a website that asks you for your email address. Wait. Stop. Does anyone else remember giving away their email address to a website a few weeks ago? Now every time you log onto your Hotmail you see a horde of spam. Say no …

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Dotcom’s Mega hires on ex NZ internet boss

Kumar

Kim Dotcom's team of staff at Mega just got a little more star studded with, the ex-head of InternetNZ, Vikram Kumar,  joining as its new chief executive. This will likely add an a new air of legitimacy to the site, though Kumar has been a vocal supporter of Dotcom's efforts in the …

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Bing gets bonged by Yandex

BING has been playing second fiddle to Google now for as long as we can remember, however the situation has gotten worse for Microsoft as their search engine has fallen in ranking to Russian search engine Yandex. The information has been released by ComScore, showing Yandex as hitting a higher …

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Sony fighting hard for recovery

We have reported before that electronics giant Sony have been working hard on a recovery plan to reverse losses, which they have experienced for the last four years. Sony are selling their American headquarters building for $1.1 billion in the efforts to claw back an operating cash reserve. and their …

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