Sky app brings live football to Nokia phones

Nokia and Sky have joined forces to launch an app that allows mobile phone users to watch live Premiership football matches on a number of Nokia handsets.

By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 24 February, 2010 02:15

Tags: FIFA World Cup South Africa, English Premiership Football, Nokia, Sky

25% of women would dump partner for Facebook flirting

A quarter of women would dump their boyfriend for flirting with other web users on social networks such as Facebook, says MyVoucherCodes.

A quarter of web users regularly play games on Facebook

A quarter of web users play games on social networks, such as Facebook, on a regular basis, says PopCap.

By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 20 February, 2010 02:06

Tags: games, Facebook

Four in five IT managers do not use cloud technologies

More than four in five IT managers do not use cloud technologies, says Peer 1.

By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 06 February, 2010 02:09

Tags: peer 1, Cloud

Computers not to blame for rickets surge

Computer games and Facebook are not to blame for the increase of rickets in children, says a professor who was initially thought to have said otherwise.

Illegal downloading using corporate networks on the up

The number of office workers using their corporate network to illegally file-share has increased, says ScanSafe.

By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 14 January, 2010 02:13

Tags: ScanSafe, cisco, software piracy

Truphone unveils new Android app

Truphone has unveiled a new app for mobile phones running Google's Android platform, that allows users to make voice over IP (VoIP) calls.

By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 11 January, 2010 05:03

Tags: mobile phones, Google Android, Android

Mophie to show iPhone credit card reader at CES

Mophie will unveil a credit card reader for the Apple iPhone at CES this week.

By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 04 January, 2010 23:54

Tags: mobile phones, iPhone, ces 2010

OLPC unveils 'unbreakable' netbook

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) group has unveiled a new netbook made from one sheet of plastic, which it claims is "unbreakable".

By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 24 December, 2009 01:41

Tags: olpc, netbook

BT ahead on 100Mbps UK fibre optic broadband roll-out

BT has revealed its super-fast fibre broadband network will be completed by 2012.

By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 23 December, 2009 02:27

Tags: fibre optic

59 per cent of Brits want 'green' online retailers

Over half of Brits (59 percent) look for 'green credentials' when choosing online retailers, says 1%1 Internet.

By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 23 December, 2009 02:24

Tags: e-commerce, online shopping

Microsoft Windows Mobile 7 delayed until 2010

Microsoft has revealed that Windows Mobile 7 - the next version of its smartphone OS - is unlikely to be released until "late 2010".

By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 16 December, 2009 04:23

Tags: Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile 7, mobile os, smartphones

25% of men have pulled a sickie to play computer games

Nearly a quarter of men have pulled a sickie from work in order to play computer games, says MyVoucherCodes.co.uk.

By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 10 December, 2009 02:45

Tags: games

Twitter gets mobile phone users to surf the web

Micro-blogging site Twitter is having a positive effect on the number of consumers using their mobile phone to access the web, says Novarra.

By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 27 November, 2009 02:28

Tags: mobile broadband, social networking, twitter

Apple 'won't repair machines belonging to smokers'

Apple is reportedly refusing to repair machines belonging to smokers because residue from cigarettes seeps into machines and creates a health risk for those fixing the Mac.

By Carrie-Ann Skinner | 25 November, 2009 03:52

Tags: Apple