UK specific news:
1. '3' to get iPhone too - http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/3-to-unveil-iphone-in-the-uk-imminently--688422
2. Orange, O2 and Vodafone announce iPad plans - http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/portable-computing/best-ipad-data-deals-for-uk-buyers-688411
3. iPad prices out, VAT makes it look expensive - http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/shop_ipad/family/ipad
4. Twitterer fined £1000 for bomb joke - http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/twitterer-fined-1000-for-airport-bomb-scare-688371
5. Orange an T-mobile become 'Everything Everywhere' - http://www.cable.co.uk/news/leading-broadband-providers-become-everything-everywhere-19770300/
6. Onlive partners with BT - http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/bt-signs-rights-to-onlive-in-uk-689016
7. BT to cover two thirds of UK with fibre optic - http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/bt-to-cover-two-thirds-of-uk-with-super-fast-broadband-689091
3 minute news bulletin: (30 seconds per story)
1. Skype considers using ads to keep service free - The Telegraph is reporting that Skype is "to offer ads" in order to keep providing its free service. Josh Silverman, CEO of Skype says that they "think our users expect us to do it so we can continue to support free. But it will be done in a tasteful way." Skype currently is 100% ad free and it is unclear whether the adverts proposed would be in the form of a banner or audio ads which have proved popular for advertisers on other services such as We7 and Spotify.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/7706171/Skype-to-offer-adverts-to-keep-service-free.html
2. FireFox beta due to arrive in June? - Neowin.net is reporting that the beta of Firefox 4 is to arrive in June this year. The new features expected of Firefox 4 are: increased speed, HTML 5 support, full control over your data and browser, a revamped UI, improved stability and performace, 64-bit support, installing add-ons without restarting and much much more. The final release in expected in November but of course all this is still subject to change.
http://www.neowin.net/news/firefox-4-roadmap-unveiled-beta-expected-in-june
3. Steam for Mac arrives & Portal now free - On Wednesday Valve released Steam for Mac, the world's best PC game distribution service. The service supports steam play which allows you to pay for the game once on your Mac or PC and use it cross-platform. Valve says they will be releasing new games for the Mac every Wednesday. To celebrate all PC and Mac users can download a 100% free version of the game Portal to keep and play forever - for a full review of Steam for Mac check out our sister podcast - the Gaming UK Podcast on iTunes.
http://www.destructoid.com/steam-for-mac-is-now-available-173551.phtml and http://www.destructoid.com/download-portal-for-free-while-you-can-173549.phtml
4. iPhone HD is officially the leakiest iPhone ever - There have now been 3 leaks of the new iPhone HD, as it is being dubbed: Gizmodo's high profile leak which is still being investigated by the US police. An early leak on Twitter and now Vietnamese website taoviet.vn has got its hands on the 4th-gen iPhone. Leakiest iPhone ever or Apple marketing stunts?
http://www.macrumors.com/2010/05/13/french-photos-actually-from-vietnamese-leak/
5. Spotify client update, adds iTunes collection, doesn't sync play count with iTunes - The popular free music streaming software Spotify has been updated - there are a host of new social networking features which allow you to recommend songs to your friends on social networks such as Facebook. You can now also import your iTunes collection so you can play your iTunes collection and stream songs all flawlessly without interruptions. One minor downside is that the play count of songs isn't synced with iTunes when you play them on Spotify. To get the update just launch Spotify and it will prompt you to update. If you still haven't got the update just sit back and relax as the updates are being slowly but surely rolled out over the coming days and weeks.
http://www.spotify.com/uk/blog/archives/2010/04/27/the-next-generation/
6. First Crome OS device to be announced in 2 weeks - Venturebeat is reporting that Acer is to launch a device running the Google Chrome OS within 2 weeks at the Computex conference that runs from June 1st to June 5th. The OS is geared towards netbooks but is also suitable for laptops and tablets. It is still unclear when these devices will be made available for purchase, at what price points and what type of devices these will actually be.
http://venturebeat.com/2010/05/13/acer-to-launch-chrome-os-devices-in-two-weeks/
General tech news:
1. MiFi hacked, open to any network- http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/mifi-hacked-and-unlocked-ready-for-the-ipad-6884302. Major twitter flaw fixed - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10106166.stm
3. Android's market share now bigger than iPhone - http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/android-mobiles-now-outselling-iphones-688486
Apple says research limited - http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/05/11/apple_responds_to_android_sales_says_npd_data_doesnt_tell_whole_story.html
4. Microsoft Office 2010 in store June 15th - http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/microsoft-office-2010-in-stores-on-15-june-688993 and now available for business users http://www.infogrok.com/index.php/technology/microsoft-launches-office-2010-and-sharepoint-2010.html
5. New YouTube unlisted option - http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20004804-248.html?tag=mncol;txt
6. Hurt locker torrenters: Prepare to be sued - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/05/hurt-locker-torrenters-prepare-to-be-sued.ars
7. RIAA goes after limewire - http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20004811-261.html
