Macworld Digital Lifestyle Spotlight

Universal OnLive Wireless Controller Review

team@macworld.co.uk (Mark Hattersley) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:14:00 GMT

This addition to OnLive enables you to play games on your Mac, PC or Android tablet using an Xbox-style controller.

BT to offer FTTP 'on demand' service by 2013

team@macworld.co.uk (Sophie Curtis) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:50:00 GMT

BT claims it could soon be able to offer customers broadband speeds of up to 300Mbps, following successful trials of fibre-to-the-premise technology in St Agnes, Cornwall.

Qualcomm to showcase blending of LTE and 3G networks

team@macworld.co.uk (John Cox) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:50:00 GMT

Qualcomm has revealed a key step in enabling voice calls over LTE handsets. Working with Ericsson, the chipmaker says it recently completed the first voice call handover between LTE and 3G networks, and will showcase the achievement later this month at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Google won't delay new privacy policy despite EU concerns

team@macworld.co.uk (Jennifer Baker) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:14:00 GMT

Google does not plan to delay its new privacy policy despite calls from Europe's data protection watchdog.

Google reveals Android malware 'Bouncer,' scans all apps

team@macworld.co.uk (Gregg Keizer) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:46:00 GMT

Google has unveiled an automated system that scans Android apps for potential malware or unauthorized behavior, a move critics have long called the company to make.

How to write a Kindle bestseller

team@macworld.co.uk (David Price) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:14:00 GMT

We spoke to novelist Mark Edwards, whose dramatic e-book sales earned him and his co-author a four-book publishing deal, about the secrets of cracking the iBooks and Kindle charts, and how the e-book has changed the publishing industry for indie authors.

Facebook IPO, Sony woes and Macworld iWorld (Video)

team@macworld.co.uk (Nick Barber) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:42:00 GMT

Facebook announces an IPO, Sony's business is in trouble, the Asus Padfone sets for a debut and thousands flock to Macworld iWorld.

Hairdryer tribute to Steve Jobs

team@macworld.co.uk (Ben Camm-Jones) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:23:00 GMT

An advertising campaign for a Chinese hairdryer that has emerged this week features a rather unexpected appearance by the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.

AMD fundamentally changes chip design methodology

team@macworld.co.uk (Agam Shah) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:47:00 GMT

Advanced Micro Devices is set to take a fundamentally different approach to designing chips.

HTC promises to fix Android flaw that reveals Wi-Fi credentials

team@macworld.co.uk (Jared Newman) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:47:00 GMT

HTC is moving quickly to squash a security flaw that could expose Wi-Fi credentials on the company's Android phones.

UK broadband speeds up 22 percent: Ofcom

team@macworld.co.uk (Carrie-Ann Skinner) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:46:00 GMT

The UK's average broadband speed is 7.6Mbps, according to Ofcom's sixth UK Broadband Speeds report.

Android not as fragmented as you'd think - report

team@macworld.co.uk (Katherine Noyes) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:02:00 GMT

Fragmentation is often held up as one of Android's biggest problems, posing all kinds of challenges for developers and users alike.

MPs call on government to step up malware protection

team@macworld.co.uk (Antony Savvas) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:19:00 GMT

The government has been urged by MPs to do more to protect the public from malware and other online attacks.

Metropolitan Police shares victims' emails in data breach

team@macworld.co.uk (Anh Nguyen) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:21:00 GMT

The Metropolitan Police Service has confirmed that it "inadvertently" shared the email addresses of more than a thousand victims of crime with other victims.

Trojan gang targets BT, Talk Talk and Sky customers

team@macworld.co.uk (John E Dunn) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:21:00 GMT

Criminals using a dangerous variant of the Zeus bank Trojan have started hacking BT, Talk Talk and Sky phone accounts as a way of redirecting phone calls from bank fraud services away from victims.

Google Docs for Android gets offline access

team@macworld.co.uk (Mikael Ricknäs) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:16:00 GMT

Google Docs users can now get offline access to documents on their Android-based smartphones and tablets.

WD TV Live Hub review

team@macworld.co.uk (Chris Brennan) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:00:00 GMT

The Western Digital Live Hub is nicely designed and has a good balance of features too

NI systems upgrade wiped 'hacking' email to James Murdoch – lawyers

team@macworld.co.uk (Leo King) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:08:00 GMT

Lawyers acting for beleaguered newspaper group News International have claimed that an IT upgrade erased a key email chain referring to phone hacking copied to chief executive James Murdoch.

Seagate GoFlex Cinema review

team@macworld.co.uk (Chris Brennan) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT

The Seagate GoFlex Cinema is small despite its huge capacity, but there are some failings with the drive

Apple TV set: What we know so far

team@macworld.co.uk (John P. Mello Jr.) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:31:00 GMT

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster claims that a major television component maker has revealed that Apple has made inquiries about the capabilities of its display products.

Most tweets are rubbish, Twitter users say

team@macworld.co.uk (Bob Brown) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:30:00 GMT

Twitter has been celebrated for its ubiquity and impact on world events from natural disaster recovery to political uprisings. But researchers from a group of big time universities have found that useful tweets are few and far between.

HTC Android phones can leak Wi-Fi passwords

team@macworld.co.uk (Tim Greene) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:19:00 GMT

A group of HTC Android phones is susceptible to an exploit that can steal Wi-Fi credentials and passwords and send them to attackers.

What Facebook's IPO means for users

team@macworld.co.uk (Cameron Scott) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:14:00 GMT

Facebook's decision to become a public company is seen as a bellwether for Web 2.0 stock offerings, but what will it mean for the social networking giant's 800 million users, and for the companies that build third-party apps for the site?

Symantec recants Android malware claims

team@macworld.co.uk (Gregg Keizer) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:03:00 GMT

Symantec has backtracked from assertions that 13 Android apps distributed by Google's Android Market were malicious. It now says the code in question comes from an aggressive ad network that provides revenue to the smartphone programs.

Facebook unsure on Chinese entry

team@macworld.co.uk (Michael Kan) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:57:00 GMT

China, one of the world's largest Internet markets, could be out of reach of Facebook because of the Chinese government's strict censorship policies, the company said in its filing on Wednesday for an initial public offering (IPO).