We’ve been dying to know what broadcast format the BBC is planning to use for its HD broadcasts, which start in December. We know the service will be broadcast in MPEG-4 using a DVB-T2 transmission system, but until now, the Big British Castle hasn’t been talking about the video size — would we be getting …

Sony has lifted the lid on its new top-of-the-range Blu-ray player, the BDP-S760. Jammed full of exciting new features — some of which may actually make a difference to your viewing experience — it’s also packing a walloping great price tag: £340. The S760 and its more reasonably priced sibling, the S560 (£240), do share an interesting common feature: Wi-Fi. …

AT&T has lost the first battle in a legal war against Verizon Wireless to force the company to stop showing advertisements that compare its 3G wireless network coverage with Verizon’s coverage. A federal judge in Atlanta on Wednesday declined to grant AT&T a temporary restraining order that would force Verizon to stop showing the ads. Verizon Wireless AT&T filed a …

I once wrote for an app review site where the guidelines insisted price shouldn’t factor into a game’s rating. Nuts, right? That’s like saying as long as you like the car you’re test-driving, forget about the sticker. For a cheapskate like me, price absolutely matters, which is why I’m happy to see every game in Konami’s iPhone catalog temporarily on …

There is a handful of VoIP apps for Android that can make free calls over Wi-Fi and 3G, and as of Wednesday, the list grows by one. Fring 1.0 is an all-in-one communicator that pairs support for chat services like Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, and Twitter with voice services like Skype and SIP. Fring also offers a low-cost service for …

As if Apple and Microsoft didn’t already make it clear (editor’s note: by Apple, we mean the ever-pervasive rumors of their upcoming “slate”), 2010 looks like the Year of the Tablet. First viewed sitting on a table of an Nvidia executive, the Vega tablet will try to beat Apple’s tablet (if the rumors are true), Microsoft’s in-process Courier concept, and …

Vringo isn’t one to let its video ringtone application languish in beta. After about a month and a half after Android users could begin playing around with the beta, the Vringo app for Android (story) has popped into the Android market. Unlike the standard ringtone concept, where you assign the ditty you hear every time a certain contact phones you, …

The Federal Communications Commission met Wednesday to discuss obstacles to enacting a national broadband policy that will provide high-speed Internet access to every American. President Obama has made universal broadband access a key goal. Grants and loans for helping make universal broadband access a reality have already started being doled out as part of Congress’ economic stimulus package. In an …

At its IFA 2008 press conference in Berlin, Sony announced that in addition to bleeding James Bond dry, it has three new landmark Bravia TV products available. The first, the ZX1, features a new LED backlight system that makes it just 9mm thick. The second is the Z4500, a 200Hz TV designed to reduce motion artefacts, and the last was …

After a slow start, OLED, the next major screen technology, is likely to see a boost with a handful of new models expected to trickle into the Australian market next year. LG showed off a 15-inch OLED at CES 2009 (Credit: Ty Pendlebury/CNET Australia) Warren Kim, LG’s TV category manager, said it is “highly likely” that Australia will see at …