It looks like someone's been listening to the Angry Virgin Media man, as it's emerged today that some members of parliament are concerned BT might end up with too dominant a position in our telecomms world once again. Read More >
Featured comment by JacobyXY:
"Should have said thats a Wireless broadband setup. There are repeaters dotted around the estate I live on. Going back to a business that is located in..." More »
Left-handers aren't very common. In fact , they only represent about 10 per cent of the human population. But a new study suggests that the reason lefties are in the minority isn't anything suspect — rather, it boils down to the fact that the human race cooperate more than they compete. Read More >
Every year, Nikon's Small World in Motion Competition rounds up the best microscopic videos from scientists across the world. The results are strange but beautiful, and the winner will make you think about your breakfast in a completely different light. Read More >
Despite talk of Google owning Motorola's mobile division, the deal hasn't yet been completed. Google needs approval from anti-competition regulators on both sides of the pond before it can be made official, with the EU today announcing it'll be publishing its decision on February 13th. The shareholders are happy, now Google just needs the pen-pushers onside. [Reuters] Read More >
Featured comment by liples:
"Both the EU and the US have strict laws against anti-competitive practices, and companies need to abide by these rules to operate legally in those ter..." More »
YouTube is once again teaming up with director Ridley Scott in the name of promoting film making, with the pair launching global contest Your Film Festival 2012. There's a prize of a £324,000 movie production grant for the winner. Read More >
Featured comment by markcgrant:
"While it is good to have such incentives for creative work, I think that aren't all creative projects a competition of sorts." More »
As you're getting better as a photographer, one question will undoubtedly make its way to the forefront of your mind at some point: should you enter your photograph into competitions? There are pros and cons, of course, but there's one thing that's for certain: if the people organising the competition ask you to pay for the privilege of entering your photos, think twice. Read More >
Featured comment by ispy:
"well put. again, this is a pointless article pointing out the obvious. like another of these photography posts i commented on last week. last week: ..." More »
How much can you say in a single second? Not a lot, sure. But the One-second Film Festival proves video can convey a whole slew of emotions in that length of time. And it's damn-near made me blubber. Read More >
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"There are probably a lot from the era of film and photography that we would recognise as we have seen longer versions. But scenes from before film? Si..." More »
Adobe's kindly offered us one copy of Creative Suite 5.5 (Student and Teacher edition) worth £600 to give away -- but it'll cost ye about five minutes of your time, because you need to create the shittiest Giz UK logo you can. I only want to see really crap remakings of our logo! You need to give me a good reason why you deserve new design software, mmmkay? Read More >
Everybody freaked out when Google bought Motorola Mobility for £8 bil, because they though that was the end of Android's openness, and Motorola would get the love of the favorite child. Google's Chairman just put the official kibosh on that. Read More >
Featured comment by siwex80:
"Herr Schmidt of the Gestapo http://www.performingartistes.co.uk/assets/photos/richard_gibson.jpg
He's even doing the "Heil Hitler" in that picture" More »
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