When it comes to TV technology, the little line that turns an “O” into a “Q” is a big deal. …read more Source:: CNet

Huawei and Xiaomi have set prices at opposite extremes, while Samsung’s being cagey. Now let’s see which way the needle really swings. …read more Source:: CNet

Mobile keyboard fans now have a new option in Fxtec’s Pro1 for the same price as the BlackBerry KEY2. …read more Source:: ZDNet

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: As many as 1 in 5 people today are mooching off of someone else’s account when streaming video from Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Video, according to a new study from CordCutting.com. Of these, Netflix tends to be pirated for the longest period — 26 months, compared with…

Act now – Continuous Lifecycle early bird tickets are about to expire Events You’ve got till midnight tonight to save £100s on conference and workshop tickets for Continuous Lifecycle, our three day dive into DevOps, Containers, Serverless, and Continuous Delivery.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Shaped like a flower vase, the pretty little Oblio performs two useful tasks at the same time. …read more Source:: CNet

£120,000 literally slurped from council coffers over past year The Toff-tastic West London borough of Kensington and Chelsea has recommended that Hugo and Caggie stop paying to park their Bentleys with cash – because hoover-hauling hoodlums are sucking coins out of the meters.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

In its annual security intelligence report, Microsoft offers up its top tips for blocking out hackers. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Communications company ‘seems incapable of communicating coherently to its workforce’ A Vodafone exec was plastered on the telco’s intranet dressed in a “See You Jimmy”* hat and clasping a bottle of Irn Bru ahead of a meeting to confirm the redundancy dates for 312 Glasgow call centre staff.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Spoiler alert: No. To come to that conclusion, which runs counter to the combined wisdom of several recent YouTube videos, [Andrew McNeil] ran a pretty neat little experiment. [Andrew] has a not inconsiderable amount of expertise in this area, as an RF engineer and prolific maker of many homebrew WiFi antennas, some of which we’ve…