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• 20 July 2006

• News: Amnesty blasts tech companies over China

  Amnesty International has accused Google, Yahoo and Microsoft of undermining the right to freedom of expression through their actions in China.

• Opinion: iPod ate my hamster

  Well, not quite. But according to daily free-sheet the Metro, the ubiquitous MP3 player is responsible for a crime wave.

• Opinion: Check email now, or pay later

  Recently, 14 DVLA – that’s the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, not a paramilitary organisation – employees were sacked for sending pornographic emails. Scratching the surface of this story, it seems that particularly dull messages had been accompanied by pictures of naughty ladies to liven them up a bit.

• 19 July 2006

• Opinion: We'll always have Paris

  Believe it or not, that IM you just got from Paris Hilton may not be genuine.

• News: Vista 'not as stable as Windows XP'

  A recent report issued by security vendor Symantec claims that Microsoft's forthcoming OS, Vista, could be less stable than Windows XP.

• Opinion: Epson releases another Mickey Mouse PC

  Continuing its fine tradition of Pooh-painted notebook PCs, Epson has released a series of desultory limited-edition Disney-themed machines in Japan, which will no doubt have some nerds really animated.

• News: Video ads service launched in UK by Google

  Click-to-play video ads have been introduced for UK-based advertisers by Google.

• News: Future iPods powered by nVidia chip?

  According to reports, nVidia has secured a contract to create the multimedia chip to power future versions of the video iPod.

• Opinion: 123 million people to censor

  They might not be able to read everything on the internet, and nothing on events in Tiananmen Square circa 1989, but the number of Chinese logging on is growing fast enough to overtake the US pretty quickly.

• News: Upload data at 2Mbps – from your mobile

  Mobile phone users could soon be uploading data at a rate of 2Mbps thanks to a chip recently demonstrated by Qualcomm.

• Opinion: Japan launches a robot R&D extravaganza

  Japan's Nedo, part of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, is throwing a pile of cash at technology that it hopes will enable the country to build better bots over the next decade.

• News: AIM Pro for business users launches

  AOL has today launched a free instant messaging application for business users.

• News: Microsoft acquires Sony rootkit detective

  Winternals Software, the company co-founded by rootkit 'private eye' Mark Russinovich, was yesterday aquired by Microsoft.

• News: Samsung to boost USB storage devices

  iPods, handsets, USB flash drives and other gadgets stand to gain from a 8Gb NAND flash memory chip in mass production at Samsung's chip factories.

• News: Continued Google News indexing 'boosts AFP case'

  Google's apparent inability to keep Agence France Presse content out of its Google News service may cost it dearly if the French news agency wins its copyright violation lawsuit against the search engine firm.

• News: Sony aims high with AVCHD camcorders

  Sony is expanding its line-up of high-definition camcorders to quickly transition its Japanese sales from standard-definition to HD, the company said today.

• News: Sony shows after-market Blu-ray Disc writer

  An after-market Blu-ray Disc writer that can be added to existing desktop PCs will be sold by Sony as of next month.

• Opinion: How to stay online and out of court

  The rise of the 'citizen journalist' has given many professional hacks cause for concern. (As one who is retaining his amateur status in order to compete in the 2012 Olympics, I have maintained my customary sang froid.) The blogosphere is here to stay, and it's where many people get their news. But libel laws remain.

• 18 July 2006

• Opinion: Blogs blocked in response to terror attacks

  Troubling news from India, where ISPs have cut off access to a number of weblogs, following orders from the government.

• Opinion: Who says romance is dead?

  Nothing beats that feeling of getting a bunch of flowers from someone who's gone out of their way to show you they care. Well, stuff that. I want my own 'I love you' satellite.

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