November seems to have been firmware upgrade month for all the big tech companies. First Microsoft gives Xbox 360 owners the NXE overhaul, iPhones get an update and now PS3 owners get to run flash video on their tellies.

While the BlackBerry Storm has only been out for a few weeks, it could do with a few fixes too: here are the five things we’d like to see in the next Storm firmware upgrade. Vote for the one you’d most like to see most in our poll below, and if there’s any we’ve missed, let us know in the comments.

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Unlike Microsoft’s monumental NXE update, Sony likes to provide far less exciting, incremental firmware upgrades to its console. Most of the time they are only there to rename the odd setting, or add a pause button that only nine members of the PS3 owning public will ever actually notice. This time there’s something worth a mention though: support for full-screen Adobe Flash content.

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Customers grabbing Nokia’s new flagship N-series handset, the N96, have reported software faults as well as other problems. This is more than a little reminiscent of the software crashes that marred early batches of the N95, with many customers waiting months to upgrade to its long-awaited successor.

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The BBC says it’s not satisfied offering seven days of catch-up TV to Brits - it wants to push telly programmes around the world. It’s like colonialism all over again, but with Peggy Mitchell and Bruce Forsyth on the front line!

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Commence channel surfing with your Wiimote: the Beeb has just updated iPlayer for the Nintendo Wii’s Opera internet browser, finally adding the slightly handy fullscreen option.
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The BBC’s not content with allowing programmes to be side-loaded onto MP3 players and mobiles, and it’s not happy with streaming them either. It’s just announced direct downloads will be coming to mobiles soon.

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The BBC’s iPlayer might have been available on the iPhone, iPod touch and Nokia N96 for a while, but now it’s branching out, welcoming Windows Media devices and PMPs.

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Not content with shoveling on-demand TV shows to owners of Apple’s handset, the Beeb’s just started offering catch-up services for radio too!

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