Sky will become the first company in Europe to cross the 3D TV frontier when, on Friday 1 October, it officially launches Sky 3D. Sky 3D will at first show mainly sport and some of the latest movies, kicking off its maiden weekend with live coverage of the Ryder Cup golf, interspersed with the first …

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is feeling the pressure of the iPad‘s success, saying that Apple have “sold certainly more than I’d like them to sell.” Though Ballmer is not exactly known for his composure when giving presentations, when speaking at a meeting of financial analysts, he sounded distinctly worried. He described the release of a Windows-based tablet competitor as “job …

A mere 2 per cent of people in the UK are planning to buy a 3D-enabled TV in the next year, according to a new survey. Of 4,199 UK shoppers quizzed, only 89 of them said they would seriously consider buying a 3D-ready television in the next 12 months, the Telegraph reports. The research was conducted by YouGov for auditor …

Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley has checked into Bittersville — mayor: him — and described new rival service Facebook Places as “boring”. Crowley says he doesn’t feel threatened by the 500 million-strong site’s rival service as it lacks gaming incentives. Following the US launch of Facebook Places last week, Crowley told The Telegraph that Facebook’s only advantage is its much larger …

UK broadcaster ITV has vowed to protect its brand amid strong rumours that Apple is to change the name of its Apple TV set-top box to iTV. JobsCo is expected to change Apple TV back to its working title of iTV to retain consistency with its other iProducts. It’s rumoured to be launching a new incarnation of the appliance this …

My Hub, a new mobile phone service from Carphone Warehouse, makes it easier to backup your precious bytes to the cloud and take your music with you. The service has features to sync music, phone contacts and photos between your computer, your phone and My Hub’s servers. Activating the sync for photos and contacts is as simple as installing an …

Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO, has delivered a self-congratulatory oration on the sales figures of Android smart phones and his wide-eyed wonder at the Information Age. Speaking at this week’s Techonomy conference, Schmidt bragged unashamedly that 200,000 Android smart phones are being sold each day — twice as many as two months ago, according to Engadget. Though these figures have not …

Music-streaming service Spotify has been pipped to a US launch by Rdio, a new stateside equivalent from the people behind Skype. Rdio is subscription-only, but cheaper than Spotify’s UK offering: $9.99 (£6.30) per month for unlimited streaming to your desktop and mobile, or $4.95 (£3.10) for tunes to just your PC. The people behind it are the same minds who …

Leicester City Council is planning to furnish each and every one of its 54 councillors with an Apple iPad next year. In justification of the expense, the council has claimed that laptops, which have suited people in all manner of professions perfectly well for years, are far too heavy and cumbersome to be lugged about everywhere. The iPads to be …

Microsoft has jacked into the zillion-volt power of the Twittersphere by releasing a passing glimpse at an upcoming product, leading to speculation that a possible Windows tablet will be launched before the week is out. It’s hard to hazard an informed guess as to what this is, but one thing can be said with certainty — it definitely has a …