Apple now selling films on iTunes in the UK

June 7, 2008

UK customers are now able to buy films from Apple's iTunes website. Films will be £10.99 to buy (new releases) and£.49 to rent. Library titles will be £6.99 to buy and £2.49 to rent. Films which are rented will be available ...

Sky and Virgin Media top dissatisfaction list

June 1, 2008

One in four customers of the big three UK providers of digital television - Sky, Virgin Media and Freeveiw - are unhappy with the service they receive. This is what a survey done by price comparison site uSwitch.com found. The study ...

William Hill Bingo advert ‘irresponsible’

May 31, 2008

The bookmaker William Hill has been told by the advertising watchdog that an advert for its online bingo service was "socially irresponsible" and has been banned. The advert in question showed a woman hurrying her husband off the work by ...

Woolworths to stop selling CD singles

May 27, 2008

Woolworths have announced they are to stop selling CD singles. The group who own Woolworths have said the CD format was in "terminal decline" and will stop being sold in August. Sales of CD's have been hit by the popularity of ...

Nokia fans angry at N-Gage restrictions

May 26, 2008

Users of Nokia's N-Gage gaming services have reacted angrily after discovering that games they have bought do not work on other handsets. The games are locked to the mobile phone they are bought from, rather than being tied to a user ...

Computer games buffer falling retail sales

May 22, 2008

Retail sales showed unexpected resilience in April. This is because of a rush to buy computer games, according to official statistics. The Office for National Statistics (ONS ) said retail sales fell for the second month, down 0.2% from March, this ...

Campaign to make drinkers more aware

May 21, 2008

According to research for the Government, three out of four people do not know how much alcohol it is safe to drink. The research also said that 77% of people questioned do not realize how many units are in ...

Grand Theft Auto IV – Biggest game ever

May 13, 2008

Grand Theft Auto IV is fast becoming the world's biggest selling game ever. Selling 631,000 copies on its first day of release in Britain, making it the biggest ‘day 1 launch' in the UK. Over 920,000 copies have now been ...

Violin returned

May 7, 2008

Violinist Philippe Quint played a special concert to say thank you to the New York taxi driver who returned the 285 year old violin, after Mr Quint had left it in the back of a taxi after returning home from ...

Vodafone to sell iPhone in 10 new countries

May 7, 2008

Vodafone has successfully secured its first deal with Apple to sell the iPhone in 10 countries. Vodafone, which is Britain's biggest mobile phone operator, last year lost out to O2 to sell the iPhone in the UK, will now have the ...