Government Clamps Down on Recycling Stolen Mobile Phones

July 26, 2010

Around £4 million worth of stolen handsets, which is about 100,000 are being sold every year. Since mobile phones blocked from use on networks in the UK will still work abroad, thieves sell the handset to ...

BT Group Pensioners Seek Court Clarification of Scheme Guarantee

July 14, 2010

BT Group's pension trustees have asked a court to rule on the amount that the pension plan, which is the largest in the UK, and its £9 billion deficit will be taken control of by the government ...

Car Hire Companies Increase Child Seat Prices

July 13, 2010

According to a report, parents that travel with young children should take their own child seats in order to save money on car rentals, as some car hire companies have raised the price of car seats by ...

Natural gas alternatives explored on UK gas site

July 11, 2010

Natural gas, the fossil fuel used by appliances in numerous households throughout the UK, is thought to be running low by an increasing number of scientists throughout the world. Alternatives to natural gas are ...

Solar Impulse Night Flight Successful

July 9, 2010

The Solar Impulse, a Swiss solar-powered plane, has completed a 26-hour test flight through the night. The plane was piloted by the project's co-founder and chief executive Andre Borschberg. He flew the aircraft to nearly ...

Consumers Recycle iPhone 3G the Most

July 7, 2010

Recycling comparison website Sell My Mobile has revealed that the iPhone 3G is the mobile handset that was most recycled in the UK in June. Since Apple released the iPhone 4, thousands of people have been ...

O2 teams up with Orange and Vodafone for broadband pilot

June 26, 2010

Mobile phone service providers, Orange, O2 and Vodafone will partner to test a new mobile TV technology that allows the operators to use existing 3G technology to broadcast live TV. The technology will enable the companies to offer mobile TV capabilities ...

BT Offers Unlimited Wi-Fi Access

June 24, 2010

BT subscribers of Total Broadband are now being offered unlimited access to BT Openzone and BT FON Wi-Fi hotspots. Customers had previously been given a quota of minutes, which depended on the service options they chose ...

easyJet to start testing ash cloud radar

June 6, 2010

Budget airline, easyJet, has announced that it is about to start testing a new radar on its planes which will be able to detect dust clouds in the atmosphere from 60 miles away. The airline hopes that the new device ...

eBay off loads Skype after it fails to be popular with buyers and sellers

June 5, 2010

On Wednesday, eBay CEO John Donahoe suggested that Skype has not proven a successful tool as a means of communicating for sellers and buyers. Mr Donahoe was defending his decision to sell the company at just a five per cent ...