The Azurewave AD-SP400 is a rarity – an internally fitting DVB-S2- compatible PC satellite receiver supplied with a CI module which links to the main tuner card via a ribbon cable. This arrangement – which means you'll need two vacant PCI slots – will allow you to tune into the burgeoning choice of HD pay-TV broadcasts from Europe if you have the necessary CAM and viewing card. The AD-SP400 is also compatible with standard DVB-S services. Something else that makes the AD-SP400 unusual is its support for DiSEqC 1.2 and USALS motorised dishes (as opposed to simple DiSEqC

Sky is taking complete control over its broadband package by switching to a local loop unbundled model rather than continuing with renting lines from BT Wholesale. The satellite broadcaster had seen users take a BT landline with Sky providing television and broadband – but by using Local Loop Unbundling (LLU), Sky will now also be the phone provider. "We have built a new state-of-the art network which uses Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) to give us end-to-end control of your broadband and phone service, instead of 'renting' the connection from another provider," Sky

It's been almost six months since Sky showed off its 3D showreel to the world's media and revealed that it could broadcast it through its existing equipment.Head of Product Design and Innovation, Brian Lenz, is the man pushing to bring a third dimension to UK televisions and, in an extensive interview with TechRadar, he explains how tasks like filming the world's fastest man running through Deansgate and making the National Ballet 3D are allowing Sky to learn valuable lessons. TechRadar: It was December that Sky opened its doors to the media and showed off

Microsoft has released Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to the public as standalone installers, with a rollout to Windows Update likely within weeks. 32 and 64 bit versions of SP2 are now available for those who want to patch their Windows Vista in one foul swoop – although much of the update has been rolled out in smaller chunks in the past year. SP2 was released to manufacturing last month, allowing OEMs to update the PCs that are being sold to the latest Windows Vista version, and now the public can get their hands on the pack. Weeks awayFor those who wait

Another Android phone from HTC has leaked out, and this time it's decided to fuse together two of its previous efforts to make the QWERTY HTC Lancaster.While we have no idea where the name comes from, especially given it has come from Taiwan and will launch in the US (initially at least), so the associations with the WW2 plane seems a little spurious.However, we are seeing a decent spec list to coo over, with a 3MP camera with no autofocus, microSD expansion and Bluetooth. OK, perhaps not coo over... maybe be underwhelmed by insteadQWERTY and slimBut there

Microsoft's marketers have apparently beaten their branding heads together and come up with a new name for Microsoft's search engine re-boot.PC World is reporting that the computing giant is to release its new iteration of Live Search – currently codenamed Kumo – under the name Bing.B-I-N-G, ohNow, the UK is no stranger to odd re-branding strategies. In the last year or so, we have seen some rather interesting titled TV channels pop up on digital TV. Dave, we can handle; Watch, although a little annoying in its titular demand, is passable; but Bing? It

Following a newspaper report claiming the Palm Pre was coming exclusively to O2 in the UK, it seems that the new phone will be coming 'before Christmas', according to some sources.However, it seems far more likely that should O2 announce the Palm Pre as an exclusive, the phone will be offered within the next two months, after it was confirmed the US would be able to get its hands on the phone from 6 June.This means that O2 would have to position the Palm Pre next to the iPhone in shops, and given the animosity between Apple and Palm over the Pre, it's unlikely the fruity

Lasers: from CD players to Blu-ray, our consumer tech lives just wouldn't be the same without them.But out in the real world, these pinpoint rays of light are being put to some fascinating - even scary - uses that simply boggle the mind.Here are seven great examples...1. Airborne lasersThanks to a government preoccupation with lasers that stretches back to the Reagan era, the US military has poured billions of taxpayers dollars in to projects that could see Star Wars-style weapons appear on the battlefield or even in the skies.[Picture credit: Boeing]One

Spike Jonze's movie take on Maurice Sendak's Where The Wild Things Are is due to hit the cinemas later this year, with the news this week that a videogame version is also in the works. The development duty on this children's classic is being handled by US developer Amaze Entertainment, that has revealed the Where The Wild Things Are game will be out later this year for all platforms.Become a child againAnd if you have still to see the jaw-droppingly sublime trailer of Jonze's take on Where the Wild Things Are then we urge you to drop everything and take five

Sky's 3D guru, Brian Lenz, has told TechRadar just how important James Cameron's forthcoming blockbuster movie Avatar is in bringing 3D to the home audience. Head of Product Design and Innovation, Lenz is championing Sky's already impressive foray into broadcasting 3D and he explained in a lengthy interview for TechRadar that the company is learning lessons day by day in how to get the perfect footage. But although he insists that the public are ready for 3D broadcasts for key events, he confirmed that Cameron's Avatar will be a 'significant moment' in his goal of bringing