Category: News

RS Components hiccup over RaspberryPi shipments?

It seems that the shipping FAQ on the RS Components Raspberry Pi website may be wrong or out of date and it is possible that RS are not be shipping all orders in the order they were received. One order we…

Google Nexus 7 pre-order deliveries – UK shipping dates

Google’s new 7″ tablet, the Nexus 7 appears to be late shipping and to make matters worse Google appear to be failing to communicate with their customers. Customers are complaining that since pre-ordering opened on June 27 they have had…

Nokia launch Lumia Windows Phones

  Nokia have been very open about their need for a successful line of smartphones. Microsoft are also in need of a partner who will really push the new Windows Phone platform – have you looked for a Windows phone…

WikiLeaks suspends publication in a fight for its life

WikiLeaks has been hit hard by the withdrawal of banking facilities and the refusal of VISA, MasterCard and PayPal to process payments. The limitations make it hard for supporters to make donations but WikiLeaks do still list seven different ways…

Electric car charging network starts

Ecotricity and Welcome Break have launched the first of a planned 27 electric car charging points in motorway services. The charging point, at South Mimms services, may not sound like a major leap forward but it will mean that electric…

Spotify to slash functionality of free music service

Spotify have announced a number of changes to Spotify Free (now known as Spotify Open) which will seriously impair the service for many users. After the first 6 months users will only be able to play individual tracks a maximum…

ASA to regulate website marketing from 1 March 2011

The UK print, broadcast and display advertising regulator is soon to expanding its online activities. Up to now the only online adverts the ASA have regulated have been display ads such as banner ads. From 1 March 2011 they will start regulating…

Has HDCP, the HDMI content protection system, been hacked?

According to a posting on Twitter by ‘Intel Global PR’, HDCP copy protection has been hacked. HDCP is used to protect data being conveyed between digital devices via HDMI cabling and was partly developed by Intel. The benefits of hacking…

PS3 bug now fixed

PS3  owners can breathe a sigh of relief. Sony have identified todays problem with the PlayStation Network which was causing mayhem for console owners. Players reported that consoles had also lost track of trophy collections. Fortunately the trophy data is not…