It’s a sad fact that HD channels on Sky have always been harder to find than the boring old SD ones. Wonderfully, the company has realised this is a problem and has decided to fix the oversight by moving some channels around. Where Sky One HD is currently languishing at 170 on the programme guide, …

We think the Samsung Galaxy S is one of the greatest phones of recent times. The design, screen and powerful hardware are everything we’re looking for in our most important gadget. But there’s a problem with the Galaxy S, and that’s lag. And it can be a considerable problem too, causing the phone to become unresponsive and frustratingly slow. There …

One of the surprising things about CES 2011 was the greatly reduced emphasis on Blu-ray. And while it’s not going away, the major manufacturers were definitely focusing much more on Internet content. Which makes us wonder: what future does Blu-ray have? Has it been a failure? Although every electronics company has a new range of Blu-ray players, neither of the …

It’s not every day a large company calls me to admit that its customer service was rubbish, but that’s what Vodafone did today. The representative’s opening gambit was to ask if there was any way I’d consider going back to Vodafone. He admitted that the company’s customer service had been woeful in the period I left — and he also …

At its CES press conference, Samsung apparently announced a tablet that has a sliding keyboard and runs Windows 7. We say ‘apparently’ because the press conference was rammed and we weren’t allowed in. From what we can tell though, the TX100 is a 10.1-inch multi-touch PC that will sell in the US for $700 (£450). Under the hood, you’ll find …

For those struggling to get Internet access in rural areas, there may soon be a credible wireless option based on the next-generation mobile-broadband technology LTE (Long Term Evolution). A trial of LTE, run by Arqiva and Alcatel-Lucent, is taking place in the Preseli Mountains in Wales. The intention is to bring high-speed Internet access to those who currently have very low speeds — …

We forgive you if you don’t know what TiVo is. Any Americans reading will tell you it’s a PVR that’s done for TV recording what Apple did for MP3 players. Like Google, its success has made its name a verb, leading to some employment for our learned friends. Central to its appeal is a simple, user-friendly interface that makes recording …

We found ourselves more than a little disappointed when we reviewed the Boxee Box. A recent firmware update claims to have fixed several of the problems we had, but has it really cleaned up the major issues? First up, we jumped straight on to Wi-Fi, support for which was a major source of complaint from us in the version that …

You can’t open a newspaper these days without seeing a picture of a lonely polar bear sitting forlornly on a little iceberg. Climate change is a problem for arctic creatures and newspaper readers alike. But even if you don’t care about Ursus maritimus you probably don’t like wasting money. Crystal Audio plugs help you both, intelligently detecting when you aren’t …

Boxee has unveiled a startling design for its custom media player, which will enable the company to shed its reliance on hardware from Apple, and PCs in general. The company has partnered with D-Link to create the box — for those who haven’t been paying attention, D-Link was the company behind the DivX Connected hardware we tested last year. This …