There may be a category of business apps on the iPad, but most people I’ve spoken with struggle to see how a tablet is currently relevant as a standalone business device the way that a laptop or even a smartphone is. Fuze Box (operated by CallWave) is attempting to bridge the gap with Fuze Meeting …

Sky 3D, Europe’s first 3D TV channel, could be on its way to your local pub, just in time for the top-of-the-table Barclays Premier League clash between Manchester United and Chelsea. The broadcaster has announced the channel will launch on Saturday 3 April. If the thought of Wayne Rooney and John Terry in pointypointyvision scares the living bejeezus out of …

If you’ve bought into the 3D hype, you might now be wondering which TV to buy with your hard-earned cash. Do you go for Panasonic’s superb, 50-inch, 1080p Viera TX-P50VT20B plasma TV? Or is Samsung’s stylish, 55-inch, 1080p, LED-edge-lit UE55C8000 LCD TV a better bet? Perhaps you’re wondering if Sony’s 46-inch, 1080p, LED-backlit Bravia KDL-46HX903 LCD TV beats both. To help you decide, we’ll look at …

3D is here, after much hype and many headaches — not all caused by those glasses — and Panasonic has a TV ready to support its spangly new Blu-ray player. Not only that, but there are also a whole range of new TVs with LED backlighting, Freeview HD and smart networking. Even more exciting is new plasma technology, which Panasonic …

Sky has beefed up its HD+ PVR offering with a new high-end box that offers a grunty 1 terabyte of storage. Large enough for 240 hours of space-hogging hi-def programming, it could store Avatar 88 times over, or 137 Premier League football matches — including the graphic HD mansitting with Jamie ‘Thomas Cook it’ Redknapp at half-time. The new Sky+ …

Sky’s chief engineer, Chris Johns, has hinted we could see Sky television in 3D by the end of this year, Rapid TVNews reports — much sooner than previously suggested. Speaking at the annual Digital Television Group conference, Johns said Sky is planning to “build a content library over the coming year”. Although we’ll see a flood of 3D films this …

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 3D TV showings of kids …

Motorola Droid X Sarah Tew/CNEt Verizon just sent us a quick note to announce that it will begin rolling out Android 2.2 to the Motorola Droid X starting tomorrow. The Froyo update will be pushed out over the air, but users can also download it manually by going to Menu > Settings > About Phone > System Updates. With the …

Earlier this month, my colleague Maggie Reardon answered a question about buggy Android updates for her weekly column. After upgrading to Eclair (OS 2.1) on the HTC Hero, CNET reader R.E.W. experienced problems with the phone’s performance, e-mail syncing, and Bluetooth connectivity. Unfortunately, Sprint was not helpful in correcting the issues and R.E.W couldn’t find a real resolution. As Maggie …

The free VLC Media Player app for iPad can handle just about any video format you throw at it. Screenshot by Rick Broida If you were excited last month by the arrival of CineXPlayer, which lets you view Xvid-formatted videos on your iPad, you’ll love this: uber-popular open-source video player VLC is now available for iPad as well, meaning you …