From tomorrow you can watch Sky Movies without a dish or Sky contract, as Now TV begins streaming movies and TV to almost any gadget with an Internet connection. Now TV offers Sky programmes and movies online. It has a different name so that customers don’t start thinking of it as cheapo Sky. At first, Now …

Apple’s TV set is just about the worst-kept secret in tech. But here’s something you may not have thought of: it could well pack a Retina display, as seen on the new iPad and the latest MacBook Pro. That’s according to Raymond Soneira, founder, president and CEO of DisplayMate Technologies, a company that makes test patterns to check your screen is …

An Apple trademark application filed in Hong Kong for the name Mountain Lion — its latest Mac software — makes three mentions of TVs, which has refuelled speculation that the Californian company could be about to unleash its first gogglebox. The application, spotted by Patently Apple, covers all the kinds of products Apple thinks Mountain Lion is relevant to, from …

A jury has found Research In Motion liable for $147.2 million in damages for infringing on patents owned by Mformation Technologies. Jurors in U.S. District Court in Northern California determined late Friday that RIM’s BlackBerry Enterprise Server — software that lets companies remotely manage employees’ devices — infringed on Mformation patents and awarded damages of $8 for each of the …

Now playing: Watch this: Nokia Lumia 900 (AT&T) 4:10 It was only a matter of time that AT&T drop the price of the Nokia Lumia 900 in a move that’s great for consumers and perhaps not so good for Nokia. Starting today, the Lumia 900 costs just $49.99 with a new two-year service agreement, down from its already-inexpensive $99.99 price …

Optus today announced the deployment of new infrastructure on Sydney train lines, claiming that the upgrade will offer uninterrupted service in tunnels for commuters on the North Shore and Western train lines. (Credit: Optus) Part of the new hardware has been installed in the underground tunnels between Central and Chatswood stations. Optus is also planning future expansions to cover all …

The feverishly sought-after Nexus 7 isn’t yet officially on sale — but it has begun to appear at resellers eager to chase early adopters by breaking the on-sale date, possibly mistakenly, possibly on purpose. The Verge managed to get their hands on one of the 7-inch tablets from Adorama in Manhattan before Google requested a halt of all sales. UK …

O2 has apologised for the day-long network failure earlier this week, admitting that multiple backups failed and left up to 7 million people without service. Chief executive Ronan Dunne appeared on the BBC to apologise for the network failure, which O2 reckons affected up to one third of the network’s customers — potentially as many as 7 million people. Dunne …

Urbian’s Retro Camera is a favorite, but Pudding Camera is seeing more use these days. Screenshot by Joshua Goldman/CNET As the de facto point-and-shoot camera reviewer for CNET, I spend a lot of time living in the world of automatic snapshots and easy post-shoot editing. While I can tell you several ways a separate point-and-shoot is better than a smartphone …

Tablets are getting more and more advanced, but can they really replace a laptop when it comes to getting things done? That’s a question that’s been hotly debated since the iPad first popularized the tablet product category. In this edition of Ask Maggie, I offer my opinion on whether the iPad or any other tablet is up to the task …

If you’ve bought a Samsung Galaxy S3 from a network and want to use a couple of different SIM cards in it — maybe you’re on Vodafone but want to use Orange Wednesdays — here’s an easy way to unlock it. The simplest way is to get something called a network unlock code from the phone’s original operator, which will …

Nokia is shuffling its operations in China as it hopes to better address the largest smartphone market in the world. The company confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that it would close its operations in Chengdu and Shanghai, but increase the size of its operations in Beijing and Guangzhou. Once a major player in China, Nokia has watched its market …

More snaps have emerged of the iPhone 5. The new iPhone is shrouded in secrecy, but leaked photos of a ‘test sample’ appear to confirm a new widescreen 4-inch look. The photos originally appeared on Kitguru.net, only to be unceremoniously yanked shortly afterwards. That leads me to wonder if Apple’s legal stormtroopers have been on the phone, and lends a …

Verizon has launched a new subscription-based gaming service for its network. Dubbed GameTanium, the subscription service comes from digital-entertainment company Exent. GameTanium lets Verizon customers pay $5.99 per month per device, and access over 100 Android smartphone games, and more than 50 tablet titles. According to Verizon Wireless, which announced the news today, the titles include Doodle God, Fruit Ninja, …

San Francisco-based startup Uber, developer of the Summon-a-Car application, is temporarily giving users the ability to call an ice-cream truck through their app. The company’s app, available on Android or iPhone, can be used to request and book private vehicles in a number of U.S. cities. Today, however, users in seven cities can also use the app to request the …