Google’s Q1 2008 results have been published with their income up 42% compared with Q1 2007.
The result include the purchase of online advertising company DoubleClick, although Google state that this was “immaterial to income.” Continue reading Q1 Google Result: Income Up 42%
In what we think is a first, Ricky Gervais will deliver comedy routines in a video game, Grand Theft Auto IV.
Widely touted — often by himself — as the funniest man in the world, if not further afield, Gervais will deliver three minutes of new material, as well as some from his Fame tour. Continue reading GTA IV: Ricky Gervais Cracking Jokes In Video Game
Yesterday we kicked off our guide by starting to underline your rights as a photographer. Today we continue to look at where you can or can’t take pics.
Continue reading Photographers Rights In The UK: A Guide (Part 2)
Nintendo’s Wii Fit have announced a tour around the UK to show off the Wii Fit and how people can integrate it into getting themselves … well, fit.
When the Wii Fit was recently launched in the UK, it was reported as selling out pretty much instantly, which grabbed a few headlines.
Continue reading Wii Fit Tour Analysed and How Consoles Do Get You Fit
How wrong The Times are in their piece praising Ashley Highfield, entitled “Business big shot: Ashley Highfield.”
To label him as the man behind the launch of the BBC iPlayer, misleads their readers.
Ashley might have been the person who stood himself up for interviews, giving the impression that he was the man behind it.
The real accolade for originating the concept of iPlayer and carrying out the original work behind iPlayer falls to Ben Lavender, someone no longer at the BBC.
Despite the law being clear on a citizen’s rights to freely take pictures in public places (with a few restrictions) there is growing evidence of the police, police community support officers (PCSOs), security guards and general jobsworths failing to respect the rights of photographers going about their lawful business.
Continue reading Photographers Rights In The UK: A Guide (Part 1)
Those with a BT Home Hub — and there’s a lot of them, as it’s currently the most popular DSL router in the UK — might be sleeping a little less soundly tonight following the claims of an ethical hacking group, GNUCitizen, to have found a way to past its Wireless security.
Rather than getting all hardcore and going into details of how it came about, we’ll give you the overview.
Continue reading BT Home Hub: Wireless Security Vulnerabilities Discovered
The price of the UK 8GB iPhone has dropped by £100 to £169.
O2 — the network with the exclusive right to sell it in the UK — and Carphone Warehouse, have announced that this will be until 1 June.
Professional photographers, street shooters, keen amateur photographers and even mobile phone snappers seem to be suffering increasing hassle from The Man when it comes to exercising their right to take photos in public places.
Continue reading Photographers Protest Over Police Harassment
When it comes to a slimmed down feature set, you won’t get much more Spartan than the Eur13 disposable cell-phone, a $20 (£10) GSM phone which, as its name suggests, is designed as a throwaway handset.
Continue reading Hop-On Launch £10 Disposable Phone And Kids Tracker Handset