Ever since Apple launched its original iPad in 2010, Telstra customers subscribing to Mobile Foxtel on the iPhone and other smartphones have wondered when it would officially arrive on the iPad, and now, in 2012, it finally has.

Intel is the latest company to buy up some patents, but rather than spending billions upon billions of dollars, it seems to have picked up a relative bargain, snapping up RealNetwork’s patents for just over one tenth of a billion, at $120m.

Free live streaming from the Australian Open is being delivered by Ooyala - but not to Aussies, Kiwis, Poms... (the list goes on).

The Samsung Music Hub streams music from all four major record labels and some independents to a variety of devices including PCs. Music videos are also available.

Compuware has released an application performance monitor which will extract data and trend information about the current state of web, non-web, streaming, mobile and cloud application performance.

Although US flyers have enjoyed amazingly cheap per-flight Wi-Fi for some years now, Australians have been disgracefully Wi-Fi-Flight-free, although perhaps this will soon change?

The wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton is to be streamed live on YouTube.

The ABC’s popular “catch-up” iview TV service has finally come to the iPad, featuring a “fresh new contemporary look” – but Android, iPhone and Samsung TV users will have to wait until 2011 before they can join the iview party.

Netgear has expanded its ReadyNAS family of storage units for home and business use, and added new features.

With no ISPs in Australia offering to unmeter Foxtel’s live video and on demand or catch-up streams, the biggest issue Foxtel on Xbox 360 users need to be aware of is the potential cost of streaming large video above and beyond your existing download limit.