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  • 05 January 2008

  • News: Top tips for returning technology goods

    Getting a retailer to accept electronics returns can quickly develop into a saga. Know your rights! Here are some tips to help you navigate the tricky world of returns, exchanges, and warranties.

  • News: 2007: Apple's biggest ever year

    2007 will go down as a huge year in Apple's three-decade history. We've taken a look back at Apple's biggest 12 months.

  • News: Apple faces class-action music monopoly suit

    Apple is facing a class-action suit that alleges the company unfairly uses technological restrictions with its iPod line and iTunes Music Store to beat out competitors.

  • News: Apple patent sparks rumours of Apple ultramobile PC

    A US patent granted to Apple on Thursday seems to support reports that the company is working on an ultramobile PC to compete with Microsoft and its hardware partners in that market. The patent adds weight to rumours that Apple is set to launch such a product at Macworld San Francisco on Tuesday 15 January, 2008.

  • 04 January 2008

  • News: 2007's 13 biggest technology flops

    These much-hyped products and services from the likes of Apple, Microsoft and Facebook turned out to be lemons of the bitterest kind. From last to first, here's our list of the year's 13 biggest losers. Read 'em and weep.

  • News: Firefox attacked by spoofing bug

    A serious flaw in the way Firefox handles log-ons could be used by identity thieves to dupe users into disclosing passwords, according to Aviv Raff, an Israeli researcher best known for ferreting out browser flaws.

  • News: Facebook hit by massive adware hack

    An adware-distribution scheme targeting Facebook is considered to be the first attack propagated on the wildly popular social-networking site.

  • News: OLPC: Good riddance to 'half-hearted' Intel

    Intel's resignation from the One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) board of directors will have "no impact" on the group's operations. Indeed, OLPC president Walter Bender said in an interview that Intel contributed little to the project since joining last year.

  • News: CES: HP announces Pavilion tx2000 tablet PC

    Hewlett Packard (HP) yesterday introduced the Pavilion tx2000 tablet PC, a portable laptop targeted at students and professionals. Users can rotate the screen 180 degrees and use a stylus to capture handwriting or surf the internet, according to HP.

  • News: CES: HP announces HD multimedia notebook

    Hewlett-Packard (HP) yesterday introduced the HP Pavilion HDX - a multimedia notebook packed with high-definition features, including a screen that allows users to watch full HDTV movies.

  • News: Researchers warn of Wi-Fi virus outbreak

    Criminals could target unsecured wireless routers to create an attack that could piggyback across thousands of Wi-Fi networks in urban areas such as London or New York City, according to researchers at Indiana University in the US and the Institute for Scientific Interchange in Torino, Italy.

  • News: Intel won't kill Classmate PC, quits OLPC

    Intel has resigned from the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project's board of directors. Intel was asked to abandon its Classmate PC program, which was seen as being too similar to the OLPC mission, but refused to do so - according to a source familiar with the situation.

  • News: Microsoft to issue two Windows patches next week

    Microsoft will issue just two security updates next week, the company said yesterday.

  • News: CES: Dell revamps Inspiron laptop, launches crystal display

    Dell yesterday unveiled a crystal LCD monitor and revamped its 15.4in Inspiron laptop.

  • News: Far Cry 2 announced for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3

    Ubisoft yesterday announced the release of Far Cry 2 for Xbox 360 and PS3, in addition to the already planned PC version.

  • 03 January 2008

  • News: Prosecutors prepared for new UK hacking law

    UK prosecutors have received guidance on interpreting amendments to a computer crime law that introduces stronger penalties for computer hacking.

  • News: Locked PCs face $35 ransomware demand

    New "ransomware" that locks up a person's PC is demanding $35 in order to return control to the user, a security researcher has warned this week.

  • News: New Asus laptop has terabyte hard disk

    Asus is to release a laptop featuring 1TB (terabyte) of storage at next week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

  • News: Hitachi to show first 500GB laptop hard drive

    Hitachi plans to show off a 500GB laptop hard drive at next week's CES show in Las Vegas. The Travelstar 5K500, which is the highest capacity drive yet developed for portable PCs, is due to begin shipping in February and should go some way towards quenching user thirst for storage spac

  • News: Microsoft: Netscape death is antitrust landmark

    Microsoft cited Netscape Navigator, the browser that was discontinued by AOL LLC last Friday, as an example of why most provisions of the 2002 antitrust settlement should be retired. The Microsoft memorandum was filed in federal court on the same day AOL announced plans to discontinue development of Netscape as of February 1.

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