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Google Sky: Amateur astronomers can view the stars from their PC

If you are an amateur astronomer then you are going to love Goggle’s new toy, what they are calling Google Sky. This toy, well its more than a toy in the Read more

Google Earth now gets flight simulator: much better that Google Sky add-on

It seems that Google are going into even more markets, first we had Google Earth, then we had Google Sky and now we have the launch of their newest add-on Google Flight Simulator. What makes all these Read more

Half price Sky+ HD Box and seven new channels

Sky HD was promised to be something special, and yes it is but there was one small problem and that was the lack of channels on offer. Well Sky is about to launch seven new HD channels and Sky has got a bit excited about this. Read more

Sky TV Player for non-subscribers

There are a number of people who do not wish to pay the money to subscribe to Sky, one of the problems is there are too many channels and not many of them are of interest to them. Sky is to offer their Sky Player to non-subscribers. Read more

Sky adds two more HD channels: Sky Movies Premiere HD Sky Sports HD

Sky has added two more HD channels at last. The two channels will be Sky Movies Premiere HD and Sky Sports HD.

Sky Movies Premiere HD will simulcast the latest releases the broadcaster has to offer at the same time as its Sky Movies Premiere channel.

Sky has had to move the HD movie channel from its position at the end of the main batch of Sky movie channels.

The new home for the channel is now at the end of the complete movie block in the EPG, and can be found beyond other movie channels.

So now there are 16 HD channels come on sky we want more.

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Sky Plus Vs. Free View What Do You Prefer?

What we want to know is which do you think is better to have Sky or Freeview?

I cancelled my Sky a few months ago and started to use Freeview which also aloud me to be able to record programmes but I found that the signal Read more

Sky HD: expands number of movies in high definition

As I own Sky HD and have done since the day it was first released I can give you first hand information on Sky HD.

Sky HD is celebrating its first birthday as its one year old and to celebrate Sky HD is getting many more movies available in high definition, and I can tell you (as someone that owns Sky HD) I have been disappointed in the number of Sky HD channels for all this first year of having them Read more

Sky HD Ordered Have you got yours yet?

Just ordered our Sky HD box and the new service will cost another £10 a month on top of all the other costs (including Sky Multi Room) this totals £62 a month…yes it’s a lot but also the best in TV for the UK Read more

Sky HD Channels Displaying

Just been flicking through the channels on sky plus when what do I see on channel 311 and 312, that’s right Sky Movies 9HD and Sky Movies 10HD, but all you get is a blue screen and it tells you to call a number to get the channel.
So there it is, that means Sky HD is days away for Read more

Watch Lost Season Four 24 Hours Early On Sky Anytime

This is great news if you are a lost fan and as long as you have Sky with a high definition or a recent Sky+ box.

It has just been announced that the first two episodes of season four will be downloaded to Sky Anytime on TV-enabled boxes on Saturday, February 2 and Saturday, February 9. Read more

BBC iPlayer Coming to Sky: On Demand TV Needed

It’s a simple deal between the BBC iPlayer and Sky, which will see Sky’s web service link to BBC iPlayer shows. Now who uses Sky’s on demand web service anyway?

Sky need to get their head out of the sand and start using on demand TV on Sky+ and HD boxes, having used Sky personally for many months and BT’s on demand service I can report that Sky does things best overall but lack massively with on demand TV Read more

It’s here Now: Sky Free Broadband

We saw on T3 that Sky is bringing out Free Broadband, but it’s already here at and we have registered our interest in it already.
They do offer free broadband to all Sky customers but it has a cap of 2GB a month max transfer (but it is free), you can pay only £5 and get there MID package which has a data transfer of 40GB and gets you up to 8mb, but sadly you got to pay £20 to get it activated.
There MAX broadband package gives you up to 16mb and Read more

Google Dream Phone: could it really be the leaked HTC Omni?

After Forbes revealed that the Google Dream phone was a prototype handset that they demo-ed the Android mobile operating system on to potential partners, we are left with a question Read more

Microsoft Worldwide Telescope just launched: Is this better than Google Earth add-on Sky?

If you love galaxies, exploding stars, exotic nebulae and basically anything to do with astronomy then you will really love the newly launched Microsoft Worldwide Telescope. The new WorldWide Telescope from Microsoft is a free tool that puts together images from the best ground and space based telescopes in the world and collections include pictures from the awesome and well known Hubble and Spitzer telescopes oh and of course the Chandra X-Ray Observatory.

All this and so much more is just a click on the mouse away for all you amateur astronomers, the tool which is web based and allows you the user to zoom and pan around the planets and even trace their locations in the night sky. There are some pretty cool things you can do such as see the X-ray view of the sky, cross-fade into the visible light view and zoom into bright radiation clouds plus you can even discover the cloud remnants of a supernova explosion from a thousand years ago.

If you want to use the system just click the link below, to use this all new system you will need to download WorldWide Telescope from the internet and just so you all know it only runs on Windows operating systems. WorldWide Telescope is a great tool for educational purposes which will indeed inspire young people. The new WorldWide Telescope from Microsoft is not the only a tool for astronomers to explore the night sky from their computers, do you remember when Google who are Microsoft’s rivals launching their very own Google Sky which is an add-on to Google Earth.

Microsoft Worldwide Telescope system requirements are as follows - 2GHz or faster processor, 2GB of RAM, 1-10GB of free disk space, Graphics card with 128 MB RAM or 256 VRAM, Windows XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista, Net connection and Macs must run Windows OS.

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Google Earth Plugin: infuse maps and web apps with 3-D geographic views

If Google Earth was not big enough, it has now been given a boost in its reach thanks to a new Google Earth browser plugin and API. This new interface will allow developers to use the features of Google Earth without having to run the client installation and that enables them to infuse 3-D geographic views into Web applications.

Many developers already know how popular Google Maps has been, many use it in their applications and computer users see Google Maps everywhere online and offline on weather channels. This new API and plug-in is aimed at making Earth as popular as the Maps service which is said to be integrated into over 150,000 websites.

The API has some great features and these include support for switching to Google Sky mode for high-resolution imagery of stars, planets and galaxies. The ability to view the thousands of existing 3-D buildings or add a developer’s own 3-D models. Support for manipulating KML and the 3-D environment to create polygons, lines and place marks. A JavaScript API to enable rich Earth-based Web applications and the ability to embed Google Earth inside any Web page with only a few lines of code.

We would imagine that Google Earth’s API will be used on a lot of real estate sites for 3D views of houses. Are you a developer and do you plan on using the new API and plug-in? You can get more information on code.google.com

Sky Adding 3 More HD Channels

It has been announced that Sky will be adding three more HD channels, this will take the total up to 17. The new channels to be launches are Sky Sports HD 3, Sky Movies Premiere HD and FX HD.

Say has said that since May 2006 they have signed Read more

Sky+ Doing Well: But what do you really think about it?

It has been found that over 3m people now have Sky+ and SkyHD has taken up the final quarter of last year. The growth in Sky+ customers rose by 16% which means that 3.13m people have Sky+ and there ere also 64,000 customers who have opted for the Read more

GPhone: (Google Phone) Will Never Happen

I have read many rumours that a Google Phone is going to come out, but I believe this will never happen for many reasons, yes Google wants to get mobile phones packed with Google apps and possibly even Voice Over IP as well but Google also know of much better options Read more

Google to Chrome will it kill the user love?

The simple word Google and everyone knows what you are talking about, everyone loves to Google-it! But as other technology companies start moving in on the consumer love, is the love for Google fading?

Technology inspires enthusiasm amongst millions of consumers who love the products that companies like Apple, Nintendo and Sony bring into the market. People like something for nothing and that’s why we have been drawn to Google, we have Google Docs, Google Earth and now Chrome. Another draw is privacy between Google and its user, but is it all getting to much?

Google’s Eric Schmidt said earlier this year he wants the user to be able to ask the question “What job shall I take?” or “What shall I do tomorrow?” or and Google will know you so well that it will give you the answer. But is Google turning into a dominant media giant taking on companies like Microsoft and lose its familiar grounding and user love?

Source: BBC

Google Chrome web browser download now available

Well we have been waiting all day and now it is finally here, the download for Goggle Chrome, the new web browser from the search engine giant. Google Chrome is a web browser with a difference; it combines a minimal design while using sophisticated technology to help make it safer, easier and faster.

Google know what users want in a browser, which is why they have launched a beta version of a new open-source browser: Google Chrome. The world will now see what kind of a job Google can do in the web browser industry.

Although Chrome is open source, Microsoft must still be feeling the pressure. Google Chrome will have to prove itself against Firefox; this is the standard that most web browsers need to live up too.

Download Google Chrome here