Ubuntu for Android has been announced by Canonical.

The service brings the firm's free operating system to handsets running the Google platform via a phone dock.

Users can run the OS simultaneously on both devices, facilitating the sharing of contacts, messages, and other services.

"The phone experience is pure Android - it's a normal Android phone. When the device is connected to a computer screen, however, it launches a full Ubuntu... [Read More]

The Pirate Bay is facing a ban in the UK following a ruling by the High Court.

Judge Richard Arnold declared that the website encourages users to infringe on music copyright, paving the way for broadband providers to block the service.

Pirate Bay provides a searchable index of links to BitTorrent trackers, primarily films, music and software. It claims to be the largest website of its kind, with 3.7 million hits in the UK alone.

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The Polish DTH platform Cyfra+ has added two more HD channels to its line-up.

As a result, its offer now includes 35 in the format, more than that of any other digital platform in the country.

The latest additions are TV Style HD and TVN Turbo HD, aimed at female and male viewers respectively, and both are available in all Cyfra+ packages above the basic Start HD and Canal+ Start HD.

Cyfra+, which will soon be merged with platform n into a... [Read More]

YahLive has allocated both satellite capacity and a number of HD channels to provide broadcasters with connectivity and service, from London to the Middle East, to facilitate TV coverage of the forthcoming London 2012 Olympics.

Collaborating with its European strategic partners, YahLive will provide local connections and uplink facilities, including DVB/S2 MPGE4 encoding for satellite broadcasting services to the Middle East via YahLive’s Y1A satellite.

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