The TouchPad was on sale in Britain for just over a month and failed to make an impression on the market which has been dominated by the Apple iPad. HP is to refund hundreds of pounds each to customers who bought its failed TouchPad tablet at full price. The compensation programme means buyers who paid [...]
Wireless Archive
28th August 2011
Dragons’ Den’s Peter Jones sells telecoms business
Dragons’ Den serial entrepreneur Peter Jones CBE has sold one of his telecoms businesses, Wireless Logic, to ECI Partners, the UK mid-market private equity firm, and management for £38m. This is the third telecoms business that the star of Dragons’ Den has sold in the last year. In the last twelve months alone he has [...]
24th August 2011
New BBC iPlayer planned
The BBC has released an updated version of the iPlayer designed for televisions in a move that it’s hoped will broaden access to the catch-up service to those viewers who may be a bit less technologically minded. It is available from today on the PlayStation 3 games console, and is being adapted for an array [...]
5th July 2011
Problems connecting to Wi-Fi
Many people report that they have trouble connecting to free Wi-Fi outlets in hotels and other places so if you are having a problem what is the best advice? Firstly you should always ensure that your laptop or netbook is has the latest driver so you should find the most up to date version and [...]
14th May 2011
Deals on Motorola Atrix Phones
The hype surrounding the Motorola Atrix has not died down since the mobile first debuted. One reason that this phone is a popular choice is its WebTop feature, which is distinctive to the Motorola Atrix and especially appeals to tech-savvy consumers. Fortunately, getting such a popular and high-tech phone does not have to be a [...]
24th April 2011
Kobo eReader goes European
Amazon’s Kindle may have a leadership position right now in electronic reading devices and digital books, but this is a hot market and is getter more competitive. Toronto-based Kobo is turning a new page in its history, announcing a whopping $50 million investment from Fidelity and existing investors. Today at the London Book Fair, Canadian [...]
10th February 2011
Sony PlayStation 3 Slim Console 320 GB Model
This is a great console, it has a massive hard drive, built in fast speed 802.11g wi-fi, it can detect wireless networks and allows files stored on a laptop to be viewed, the perfect media centre. With a series of games exclusively available on PlayStation 3 as well as an extensive catalogue of major titles, [...]
29th January 2011
Broadband Offers and Packages
Choice is all very well, but when there’s too much of it problems such as headaches are often the result as we are left in a state of paralysis over which way to jump in case we miss the best deal. This is especially the case with broadband providers these days, with everyone from Orange [...]
20th January 2011
Getting Broadband
Broadband is now fairly ubiquitous, as there’s a limit to what you can do with a dial-up connection, and in business it is indispensable. The type of cutting-edge software that is now deployed across the internet for everything from casino-style gambling to social networking assumes you have broadband to run the applications. Dial-up still works, [...]
17th January 2011
Which is the best 3G network?
The UK’s 3G networks average 2.04MB across the country according to statistics released by a mobile phone comparison website. In the battle for 3G speeds Vodafone emerges triumphant with a 3.04 MB average, closely followed by 02 and Orange at 2.61 MB. Three aren’t far behind with a 1.48 MB average ending finally with T-Mobile [...]