Category: Home Entertainment

  • New Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 modes coming tomorrow!

    New Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 modes coming tomorrow!

    So COD fans will be getting a little pre-Christmas surprise present soon, as of tomorrow(Friday the 16th of December),according to Infinity Ward’s head of community Robert Bowling, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be getting a host of new game modes. Now not much has actually been said as to what game modes will be coming in the […]

  • Blinkbox on Xbox – Video on Demand Also Available on iPad

    Blinkbox on Xbox – Video on Demand Also Available on iPad

    The multimedia upgrades for the newly refreshed Xbox Dashboard continue today with YouTube and the latest addition of UK-based video-on-demand service Blinkbox. Through Blinkbox telly-addicts and movie-fans can preview, rent or buy over six-thousand TV shows and film titles including recent faves Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows 2, Captain America and The Hangover II […]

  • YouTube update for Xbox 360 available to test now!

    YouTube update for Xbox 360 available to test now!

      Microsoft Xbox 360 users who recently downloaded the new Xbox 360 dashboard update may have noticed that some of the key video and streaming features that were heavily advertised for the update are still not on the new dashboard software, with YouTube and BBC iPlayer (for us in the UK) lacking. Well it would […]

  • Patent Pending: LG’s Internet Refrigerator

    Patent Pending: LG’s Internet Refrigerator

    George Santayana once said that “Those who are unaware of history are destined to repeat it.” Here at The Gadget Helpline we don’t necessarily think that’s a bad thing, and we’ve been searching through the gadget archives to bring you the best and the worst of the gadgets that never quite made it to the […]

  • Xbox 360 Dashboard Update to Include LoveFilm – But No BBC iPlayer

    Xbox 360 Dashboard Update to Include LoveFilm – But No BBC iPlayer

    Our Xbox 360 Dashboard will receive its first major update in six years from tomorrow (December 6th) and not only does that mean a visual overhaul for the LIVE services interface, bringing it into the new Microsoft “tiled” styling which recently surfaced on Windows Phone update “Mango” – but also some great new media features […]

  • Apple TV sets to come in 3 sizes, says reports

    Apple TV sets to come in 3 sizes, says reports

    Japanese manufacturers primed to offer OLED Apple TV by the end of 2012

  • Rhapsody Completes Napster Acquisition – Online Music Services Merge Into One

    Rhapsody Completes Napster Acquisition – Online Music Services Merge Into One

    As the Gadget Helpline covered in early October, online music distributor Rhapsody entered a deal to buy out one-time piracy paradise Napster – and today it’s being reported that the merge is complete with both services united taking on the new owners name of simply “Rhapsody” (and not “Rhapster” – as was humourously suggested!) Both […]

  • Spotify App Coming to the Apple iPad Soon, UK MD Confirms

    Spotify App Coming to the Apple iPad Soon, UK MD Confirms

    Spotify’s superb music streaming service could soon be landing on the Apple iPad, their UK Managing Director, Chris Maples, has confirmed. In an interview with Pocket Lint, Maples spoke of the recent apps platform that Spotify launched earlier this week, and went on to talk about the possibility of Spotify for iPad. When speaking of […]

  • Tesco details ‘innovative’ digital movie service using Clubcard

    Tesco details ‘innovative’ digital movie service using Clubcard

    Tesco is set to roll out “a groundbreaking innovation” in the digital streaming movies market by utilising its popular Clubcard scheme and its major shareholder stake in video-on-demand company Blinkbox. Found in all of the UK grocery stores as well as the online store, the Clubcard is linked to a registered account and is typically […]

  • New Look BBC Homepage Breaks Out of Beta – Live Now!

    New Look BBC Homepage Breaks Out of Beta – Live Now!

    Back in September the Beeb launched its refreshed website homepage as a Beta test and it seems that Auntie is very pleased with its progress. Pleased enough with the increased traffic to the site since then that she’s decided to unscrew the stabilizers and let the broadcasting corporation’s new online interface go official! James Thornett, […]

  • Spotify apps to be unveiled today in NYC event

    Spotify apps to be unveiled today in NYC event

    Spotify hits the streets of New York later today to reveal ‘What’s Next?’ from the online streaming music phenomenon. Many believed it would be a venture into the movie biz and we we’re easily led by the rumours suggesting we’d soon be able to grab a Hollywood blockbuster via the streaming media platform. However, now […]

  • Black Friday and Cyber Monday See Record Electronics Sales in U.S

    Black Friday and Cyber Monday See Record Electronics Sales in U.S

    Black Friday and Cyber Monday saw a large surge in sales for many electronics firms, with Sony and Microsoft stating they saw a “big rise” in sales in the US during the traditional thanksgiving holiday. Microsoft had a record week of sales for its Xbox 360 console and Kinect controller. But, it wasn’t only Sony […]