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Sky could offer Formula One in 3D

Trials to take place Sky’s dedicated Formula One channel launches on 9 March in SD and HD, and the broadcaster has revealed to Pocket-lint that it hopes to add 3D to that mix some time in the future. Speaking at its Sky Studios complex, opened last summer, Martin Turner, executive producer of F1 HD, told [...]

Miley Cyrus Defends Gay Rights Tattoo

Cyrus tweeted a photo of her equal-sign tattoo over the weekend, prompting debate among fans regarding gay rights. By Jocelyn Vena Miley Cyrus' new tattoo Photo: Miley Cyrus’ Twitter <P><a href="/music/artist/cyrus__miley/artist.jhtml">Miley Cyrus</a> has never shied away from speaking her mind, and over the weekend she posted a photo of her latest body ink on <a [...]

PS Vita goes on sale in the UK

Hundreds queue Sony’s latest handheld games console, the PS Vita,?has gone on sale in the UK today. Its midnight launch at Game on Oxford Street, London, saw hundreds of gamers brave the cold to be one of the first to get the new console that promises state-of-the-art gaming on the move. First in the queue [...]

7 days living with…voice control

Talking shop “These aren’t the droids you’re looking for, move along.” No, not that type of voice control – we’re talking artificially intelligent gadgets rather than Jedi mind tricks here. The tech developers of the world would have us believe that dictation software is pretty polished. We’re all packing smartphones with Siri, Android voice commands [...]

Sky F1 HD: The BBC came to us to save its Formula One rights

Or risk losing them altogether Many Formula One fans were shocked when they heard that Sky was to become the major broadcaster for the motorsport’s forthcoming season and beyond, bemoaning that the broadcaster and paid TV platform was nigh-on stealing the rights from terrestrial television. However, Pocket-lint has learnt that it was the BBC itself [...]

SOPA and PIPA Explained

by Claudine Zap If you tried to look something up on Wikipedia today, you may have been surprised to learn not about whatever obscure fact you were hunting down, but that there’s a war being waged over what you can see on the Web. Two bills, Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act, are [...]