5th February 2011 Archive

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Battlestar Galactica vets needed for online roleplay

Just don't hack the chief

Battlestar Galactica fans are being asked test drive a massively multiplayer online game version of their favorite sci-fi show, from game giant Bigpoint. On Tuesday, the company plans to open a worldwide beta of Battlestar Galactica Online (BSGO), based on the Syfy-channel series, that lets you fly, fight, and wage war as a …

Media 5 Feb 2011, 00:57
Motorola Super Bowl ad rips Apple drones

Imitation is the sincerest form of imagination starvation

Motorola has released a 15-second snippet of an advert for its upcoming Xoom tablet, a parody rip-off homage take-off send-up of Apple's iconic 1984 ad. As did Apple's 27-year-old Big Brother–busting Macintosh introducer, Motorola's full ad will debut during this Sunday's Super Bowl, America's annual orgy of hyperthyroid meat …

Media 5 Feb 2011, 01:06
Google to site devs: 'Please code for Google TV!'

Templates, UI library open sourced

Google has released a set of templates and a UI library for building Google TV–friendly websites, hoping developers will actually pay attention to its fledgling internet-meets-television platform. Mountain View seems to think site developers are dying to build for Google TV. "As the Google TV platform continues to launch …

Developer 5 Feb 2011, 01:09
Equinux Tizi iPhone TV tuner

Review Aerial views over iOS4 displays

There’s no shortage of TV tuners available these days, ranging from cheap and cheerful USB gadgets to more expensive network-enabled devices such as the Slingbox range or Elgato’s Netstream. However, the Tizi is the first TV tuner I’ve seen that is exclusively designed for the iOS platform. Portable TV: Equinux's Tizi Tizi …

Hardware 5 Feb 2011, 08:00
Bold as brass metal thieves disrupt rail, comms, electric

Authorities get heavy with metal thieves

The growing threat from metal theft – and the no-nonsense response by authorities determined to stamp it out – were highlighted yesterday as jail sentences of three years apiece were handed down to two Newark men convicted of stealing 25 metres of copper cabling worth just £44. The value of the metal involved may seem trivial …

Law 5 Feb 2011, 08:00
Reg Hardware Reviews Digest

The weekly taste of tech

Over the past seven days, Reg Hardware has looked at products from the worlds of consumer electronics, mobile communications, photography and gaming. In case you missed anything, here are those products again. Lifestyle Icecrypt T2400 Freeview HD DVR Media savvy? Denon Ceol with Apple AirPlay Mini combo hi-fi …

Data Center 5 Feb 2011, 09:00