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The trial is expected to start within a matter of weeks

BBC TV and radio channels will be available on some mobile phones for a trial period, it has been announced.For an initial 12 months, a range of broadcast output will be syndicated to the Vodafone, Orange and 3 networks.
Subscribers to their TV packages will be [...]

The captured sailors have been shown on Iranian television

Iranian TV footage

Britain has asked the UN to support a statement expressing grave concern about the continuing detention of 15 Royal Navy sailors in Iran.UK ambassador to the UN Sir Emyr Jones Parry has circulated a draft text among member states at the organisation’s headquarters in [...]

While AMD’s 690 chipset has already been put through its respective paces, it looks like the marketing team took the easy route when labeling its apparent mobile counterpart, but the M690 is here regardless. The firm’s latest laptop chipset touts the same snazzy integrated graphics technology as its desktop-based sibling, as an ATI Radeon X1200 [...]

Captain Rahul Dravid was among the first players to return

India’s cricketers have returned home under tight security after the side’s shock exit from the World Cup at the group stages.India, one of the pre-tournament favourites, lost to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka as they failed to progress.
The media and former cricketers have come down heavily on [...]

Providers will be required to tell users about service limitations

Net phone service providers must be upfront about the limitations of their services, regulator Ofcom has said.It said suppliers in the fast-growing Voice over IP (VoIP) sector must explain when selling services whether they include emergency services access.
Providers, including Skype, must also spell out other limits, [...]

 Microsoft has confirmed earlier reports of the Xbox 360 Elite, saying it would begin arriving in US stores on April 29 at a street price of $479.99 USD.
As expected, the new model comes with a 120GB hard drive and HDMI support, along with HD cables, wireless controller, and Xbox Live headset. Both the console and [...]

 
AOL on Wednesday released the final version of AIM 6.1, which primarily brings support for Windows Vista, as well as announcing a new beta of AOL Web Mail that integrates AIM. Users will be able to conduct AIM conversations directly from their Web-based AOL Mail interface.
AIM 6.1 has been in beta testing for a number [...]

 In reporting a story on Microsoft’s Channel 9 blogging initiative, Wired Contributing Editor Fred Vogelstein got an unexpected surprise in his inbox: the company’s public relations firm’s research on him.
The thirteen-page document shows the lengths to which Waggener Edstrom likely goes when dealing with the media to ensure Microsoft’s public relations goals are met. Among [...]

 Apple on Wednesday pushed an update to its Boot Camp dual booting feature, providing support for the 32-bit version of Windows Vista, as well as updated drivers for various hardware included with Intel Macs.
While Windows Vista could be installed on Intel Macs even before the update, some of the drivers provided by Apple for Windows [...]

 New language inserted into the third discussion draft of version 3 of the General Public License for free and open-source software would prohibit a license holder from paying another party to receive a patent license for works the GPL covers.
But a bracketed clause would make this language take effect for licenses issued from today (March [...]