The Sky 3D channel has so far been officially available only in 1,500 or so UK pubs , but now its residential launch for all Sky+HD customers is slated for October 1. The 2010 Ryder Cup will serve as a launch event with three days of live coverage from Celtic Manor as the US and European teams do battle; the first ever in 3D, but the third such event it’s covered in high definition.

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Sky 3D channel comes home October 1 with Ryder Cup, EPL, movies and more

Yeah, we know that the Prez was once seen rocking a Verizon-branded BlackBerry 8830, but just bend your mind a bit and bear with us. Shortly after lighting up Wall Street with an exceedingly excellent quarterly earnings report , AT&T has announced an Encrypted Mobile Voice service that’ll hit later in the year. Assuming Obama actually does own an AT&T-branded ‘Berry, he’ll soon be able to enjoy what AT&T calls “the first mobile-to-mobile voice encryption solution using two-factor authentication offered by a US operator.” Said service is expected to provide a higher level of security for calls across the AT&T wireless network, and naturally, it’ll be shopped to government agencies, law enforcement organizations, financial services institutions and international businesses, all of which will pay far too much for what’s likely a false sense of security

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AT&T Encrypted Mobile Voice to bring extra security to Obama’s BlackBerry calls

Onkyo , known in these parts for everything from digiframes to a rather wild selection of PCs, has announced a set of compact audio systems aimed at the audiophile (though to be fair, Onkyo’s definition of “audiophile” might be different than our own). For the well-heeled consumer, the CS-1045DAB (pictured after the break) sports 70W (x2) output, three analog and both optical and coaxial SPDIF inputs, a front-mounted USB port, VLSC Vector Linear Shaping Circuit tech, and a 24-bit Burr-Brown DAC. Score! Available at the end of August for

Software giant Microsoft has signed a deal to get access to blueprints for the mobile chips designed by Arm.

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Microsoft gets at chip blueprints

Chinese search engine Baidu has a “plausible” case against its domain register after it was attacked by hackers, a judge rules.

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Hacked website legal bid approved

Phone thieves will find it harder to sell handsets to ‘recycling’ companies after the setting-up of a new police and industry database of stolen mobiles.

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Phone thefts targeted by database

Britain’s 24 nanotechnology centres could be among the casualties of cuts to the UK science budget, science minister David Willetts has said.

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UK nanotech centres ‘may be axed’

It looks like Microsoft may have revealed something big at its annual MGX (Microsoft Global Exchange) event, namely… new logos for its main brands and a fresh brand motto

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New Microsoft brand logos, company tagline revealed at MGX event? (update: no new logos, tagline is a go)

Previously available in 16GB and 32GB versions, Lexar ’s Echo SE line just got gigantic. And a lot more useful, if we should say so ourselves. With many SSDs topping out at 128GB, and quite a few netbooks shipping with 160GB HDDs, having this USB drive plugged essentially allows your entire laptop to be continuously backed up.

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Lexar’s 128GB Echo SE USB thumb drive continuously backs up your netbook, mobile life

Nokia Siemens has just announced that it will be purchasing Motorola’s wireless network infrastructure for a cool $1.2 billion in cash. This comes on the heels of an announcement by Moto that it would be splitting the company in two, one for Mobile Devices and one for Broadband and Mobility Solutions.

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Nokia Siemens picks up Motorola network infrastructure division for $1.2 billion