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  • 07 August 2006

  • News: August's coolest gadgets revealed

    After an unusually long rainy season, the skies are now blue in Japan and summer has arrived. Everyone is looking forward to several weeks of unbroken sunshine and hot temperatures but some people are already thinking about the autumn and the back-to-school season. Not the kids of course. I'm talking about the product planners at companies like Sony and Canon, who are busy preparing to put new camcorders on sale in time for the end of the holidays. There's also smartphones, and even smarter TVs on the way.

  • News: Sony pioneers digital photo GPS gadget

    How about this for a cool little idea: Sony has developed a GPS (Global Positioning System) unit that can be used to add location information to digital pictures. The 9cm long GPS-CS1 unit is intended to be attached to a belt and worn throughout the day as pictures are being taken.

  • News: Vista functions promise speed boost

    No one likes waiting for Windows to boot up but a flash memory drive from Samsung could improve system performance. The 4GB drive will take advantage of the ReadyBoost feature in Windows Vista and store information that would otherwise be written to the hard disk. That will lead to a boost in performance, says Samsung.

  • News: Microsoft admits 'legitimate threat' to Vista

    Before it's even released, Windows Vista is under attack. After security researcher Joanna Rutkowska demonstrated how it's possible to circumvent security in Microsoft's Vista beta software and install a rootkit called Blue Pill, Microsoft said it intends to find ways to stop both potential threats before the OS ships.

  • News: Wikipedia content 'not good enough'

    Free online encyclopedia Wikipedia needs to improve the quality of its content in the coming year, admits Jimmy Wales, the founder of the project.

  • News: Wikipedia bundled with '$100 laptop'

    The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project has confirmed plans to include elements of the Wikipedia free online encyclopedia as the first element in its content repository.

  • News: Mafia link to cybercriminals

    The website offered to sell stolen credit card information for US$100, but it was the title of the poster that caught FBI agent Thomas X Grasso Jr.'s attention. The cybercriminal identified himself as a "Capo di capo" - a boss of bosses, in Mafia parlance.

  • News: Google gets new security features

    Google has begun alerting users whenever they click on a search result that may take them to a dangerous website. The new feature goes live officially on Friday, according to an announcement from The Stop Badware Coalition, which is collaborating with Google on this effort.

  • 06 August 2006

  • News: You've won - an internet addiction!

    What started as one man's quest for a lava lamp has developed into an online auction habit that he incorporates into his daily to-do list.

  • 05 August 2006

  • News: Apple's reputation takes a knock

    Traditionally seen as an innovative and unique company, Apple's reputation may be suffering as its sales figures rocket.

  • 04 August 2006

  • News: New Apple products 'imminent'

    Want to know what new products Apple will be announcing next week? Have a glimpse at the future of Vista, by taking a peak at the next version of Mac OS X, code-named Leopard.

  • News: Apple admits problems, stock plummets

    Apple Computer has found more problems with its accounting for stock options grants and now says it is likely to restate some past financial results.

  • News: Microsoft aims to combat Vista threats

    Microsoft has said it intends to find ways to stop potential threats to Vista before the operating system ships.

  • News: French copyright law takes effect

    Software publishers and Socialist Party members are among the groups unhappy with the French copyright law that takes effect today.

  • News: UK's oldest book on the internet

    The UK's oldest surviving public record, the Domesday Book, is now online having been made available by the National Archives.

  • News: Tokyo Game Show 2006 to be biggest yet

    The E3 show in the US may be scaling down but this year's Tokyo Game Show is set to be the biggest yet, according to show organisers.

  • News: Free speech online under fire

    Freedom of speech online faces its fiercest threats in a decade because of two proposals in the US Congress, the Center for Democracy and Technology has said.

  • News: Google to pay Associated Press for content

    Google has struck a licensing agreement with The Associated Press that grants the search engine company permission to use the wire service's material in a broader manner than it currently does.

  • News: 5,000 jobs worldwide to go at AOL

    AOL will slash up to 5,000 jobs worldwide, or just over a quarter of its workforce, as the struggling unit of Time Warner restructures in an effort to bring in more revenue.

  • News: Flaw puts Xerox printers at risk

    Xerox is scrambling to update a security patch following the disclosure of a major security flaw in its WorkCenter multifunction printers.

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