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• 31 May 2008

• News: 2020: The future of technology revealed

  With PCs disappearing from desks but technology showing up everywhere else, computing will only get more personal in the coming decades.

• News: Readers' choice: Top 10 blogs

  Blogs are like opinions: everyone’s got one. But not all of them are worth your reading time. To save you the trouble of wading through the internet’s millions of pages of punditry, PCA readers have recommended 10 of the wisest, wittiest and best-designed weblogs.

• 30 May 2008

• News: Google's 10 biggest flops and failures

  Not everything Google touches turns to gold. We chart Google's top 10 biggest nonstarter web services, software programs, and business moves.

• News: British Library keeps digitising without Microsoft

  The British Library is pushing ahead with its plan to make thousands of books and other resources available digitally, despite Microsoft pulling out of the project last week.

• News: Desktop Eee to include Blu-ray drive

  Asustek plans to include a Blu-ray Disc drive in a a small multimedia desktop PC that will be on show at Computex next week.

• News: Eee PC to get Nintendo Wii-like wireless gaming

  Asus' new Eee Stick controllers use motion sensors so people can bowl, slash swords and play other games on a PC

• 29 May 2008

• News: NHK demos 33-megapixel HDTV system

  Japanese broadband Nippon Hoso Kyokai has demonstrated a 33-megapixel Super Hi-Vision HDTV system which could deliver TV at 16 times the resolution of today's HDTV services.

• News: Sony 27in OLED TV to hit market 'fairly soon'

  Sony confirmed a 27in version of its Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) TV could hit the market next year.

• 28 May 2008

• News: Sony TVs to kill set-top boxes

  Sony TVs could soon receive cable programmes without requiring separate set-top boxes.

• 27 May 2008

• News: Scandinavia to get iPhone, but no word on 3G

  Apple has announced that several Scandinavian countries are on the schedule now to get its coveted Apple iPhone smartphone.

• News: Woolworths bins music CD sales

  The UK's biggest music retailer Woolworths yesterday announced that it is axing sales of CD singles.

• News: Apple plans solar-powered iPhone, iPods

  Apple has filed a patent for integrating solar cells into portable devices. And the solar cells would be placed underneath the layers of a touch-sensitive display, fueling speculation that the technology is being lined up for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch.

• 26 May 2008

• News: Microsoft closes book search service

  Microsoft is shutting down its book scanning and book search projects next week.

• News: Music web pirate faces five years in prison

  A New York man has been convicted for his part in an online music piracy group.

• News: Samsung announces 256GB SSD for 2008

  Samsung Electronics today announced that it will launch in 2008 a flash memory-based solid-state disk (SSD) that has a 256GB capacity and high-speed interface.

• News: Tranquil PC takes orders for Intel Atom PCs

  UK-based Tranquil PC is taking orders for two home servers based on Intel's upcoming Diamondville version of the Atom processor.

• 24 May 2008

• News: Readers' choice: Top 10 sport websites

  The web's many news sources offer instant sports results and running commentary, enabling fans to follow their teams from the comfort of their desk or living room. Here are the 10 top sporty sites, recommended by PC Advisor readers.

• News: The 50 biggest heroes in technology history

  Every gadget and technology that affects your every day life has taken years if not a lifetime of hard work in research, design and development. We've charted the top 50 people responsible for implementing today's best technologies.

• 21 May 2008

• News: Acer Predator PC targets high-end gamers

  Acer has demonstrated a new PC that marks the company's entry into the high-end gaming market. Clad in an orange and black case, the Aspire Predator G7700 is based on Intel's Quad-Core Extreme processor and packs high-end features, like a Blu-ray Disc drive, liquid cooling, and four hot-swappable SATA (Serial-ATA) disk drives.

• News: Yahoo launches high-def home page for TVs

  Yahoo Japan is about to launch a version of its web portal formatted for display at 1,920 pixels by 1,080 pixels, which is the resolution of high-def TV screens.

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