Stuxnet may have delayed Iran’s nuclear programme
When news of the Stuxnet worm hitting Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant came out back in September, officials claimed that it had not caused any serious damage. However Ollie Heinonen, formerly of the...
View ArticleEutelsat’s KA-SAT ready for December launch
Paris-based Eutelsat Communications has announced that its KA-SAT satellite has been flown to the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and is on track for a 20 December launch. The Astrium-built...
View ArticleRoyal Wedding could boost 3D TV market
Just as the Queen’s coronation boosted television sales in 1953, next years’ royal wedding might be just what the 3D TV market needs, if rumours of a 3D broadcast prove true. When Prince William...
View ArticleSneaky Kroxxu botnet infects 100,000 web domains
avast! Virus Lab has detected a new botnet which is believed to have infected 100,000 web domains in the last year. The Kroxxu botnet, which spreads through infected web sites rather than individual...
View Article600,000 Galaxy Tab tablets sold in first month
Samsung Electronics has sold over 600,000 Galaxy Tab tablets globally in the first month of sales. The 7-inch tablet is the first major Android-based rival to Apple’s popular iPad, which notched up one...
View ArticleCloudnet offers free IP handsets
In an effort to promote the use of VoIP, and to celebrate its first year in business, Cloudnet is offering free phones to SMEs who subscribe to its Cloudnet Connect Service. The company says the free...
View Article2011 could be the year of Connected TV
The convergence of television and the internet through services such YouView, Google TV and Apple TV is now really taking off and new research by Kantar Meadia suggest 2011 could be a boom year for...
View ArticleSky to close Bravo in New Year
Both Bravo and Bravo 2, which focus on male interests, are being closed on 1 January 2011. The move follows Sky’s £160 million acquisition of the Living TV Group, which was formerly known as Virgin...
View ArticleChip implant can stimulate paralysed muscles
The BBC today reported a major advance in technology with the potential to help paraplegics and others with muscle paralysis. ‘Active Book’ is a silicon chip attached to platinum foil electrodes which...
View ArticleEuropean researchers create 3D invisibility technology
European researchers are the first to create an invisibility cloak with the power to make a hidden object invisible in 3 dimensions. Previous invisibility technology only worked in two dimensions,...
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