June, 2011

Here’s some good news if you’re a Sky subscriber: Sky is launching a new service called Sky Go which will give you access to 30 channels on a range of devices including the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, PCs and Macs.

The new service is replacing Sky Player and the current Sky Mobile subscriptions from 6 July. Read on for our run down of the five things you need to know about Sky Go…

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We’ve been tracing the history of 3D from its roots in the eighteenth century through to the present day. Today, we’re looking at the phenomenon as it matured in the 1950s, and movie makers raised the ante to take on the nascent television.

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That faint sound you hear is Steve Jobs chuckling. A new BlackBerry PlayBook update is coming this week to fix another security Flash security issue. Adobe pushed out an update for Flash Player last week to deal with a nasty cross-site scripting vulnerability and the PlayBook needs to catch up.

Read on for details of how RIM is rushing the BlackBerry PlayBook OS update out to deal with the Flash issue…

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iWeb has been on the backburner since Apple neglected to release a new version in iLife ’11 but now it looks as if the company’s website authoring app could be going away for good once iCloud takes to the virtual skies.

MobileMe is being shuttered this time next year and what appears to be a genuine email from Steve Jobs suggests iWeb hosting will be going with it. Looks like it’s time to start shopping around if your website is currently resting there…

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Today, Electricpig and Republic Publishing welcome a new site into the family: meet Humans Invent, our new sibling celebrating the finest in enterprising technology and design, and the talented people behind the kit you take for granted every day.

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An early Ghost Recon Wii U video trailer has hit the web and we’re struggling to decide what mesmerises us more – the glimpses of how the Wii U controller could be put to good use in the next incarnation of the game or the bad acting we had to sit through to see them.

The trailer features a trio of preposterously good looking gamers including Wendy, a grumpy girl who doesn’t feel like she’s getting enough credit for her ace Ghost Recon skills. There’s clearly a whole back story going on where Jim once dismissed Wendy’s sniping ability and she’s still holding a grudge.

Still, it’s cool to see Ghost Recon weapons customisation and top down maps making use of the Wii U controller’s touchscreen. Click through to take a look for yourself and let us know what you make of the game and the wooden acting…

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An intriguing new feature in Mac OS X Lion was uncovered over the weekend: a browser-only mode that immediately had people comparing it to the Chrome OS. Is Apple planning on giving Mac OS X Lion an instant on option to combat the threat for Google?

Not really. Instead Mac OS X Lion’s Restart to Safari mode seems to be a honeypot primed to lure unauthorised users into surfing the web and allowing you to hunt down your errant computer with the new Find My Mac feature…

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Increasing awareness about energy awareness and going green is a great idea but we’re not so sure creating a video that recalls N-Dubz and Goldie Looking Chain is the best way to spread the word.

A group of Dixons employees have recast themselves as the Dix Green Collective in a spot for the electrical retailer that puts eco advice into rap form and it’s more than a little bit painful. Check it out after the break to see the “Dixons mandem” in action.

Our favourite lyric? “These polar bears ain’t got nowhere to live, so turn off the lights mate, don’t be a div.” It may be “all about the green” but we’re all about the lorry driver throwing hip hop hand signals like a confused uncle at a wedding…

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