BT has revealed plans to offer new ultra-fast “on demand” broadband to businesses and homes next year, and will also double the speed of its Infinity service earlier than expected.
Why do you have a games console? I don’t mean ‘why do you like games?’ – I mean to ask what the reason is for the actual physical console. Simple: it whirs away under your TV spinning discs. But it’s days are numbered, due solely to that thing in your pocket. Read more
“Sign here, please” – we scrawl our name and look shiftily around. We’re in one of Britain’s most secure technology centres. Sky‘s broadband SNS centre is so secret, we’re not allowed to tell you where it is, in case it’s targeted by terrorists. We feel like Jack Bauer, with more child-like handwriting and some crumpled Non-Disclosure paperwork stuffed in our back pocket. Step inside with us, and see what Sky’s so desperate to keep secret. Read more
Electricpig meets former Radio 1 presenter Colin Murray – and discovers a man who loves to talk tech. When he’s not reading Sports Illustrated on his iPad or hunting down obscure music on his Sonos, the BBC anchorman is streaming baseball to his laptop in the wee hours. Yet despite all that, he can’t stand Twitter. WTF, as they say…