More Opinion

  • 18 September 2006

  • Opinion: IBM laptop explodes at LAX airport

    Coincidence? Bad timing? Or is there something more sinister behind reports that an IBM ThinkPad exploded at Los Angeles International airport recently?

  • Opinion: Booster seat law comes into force today

    Under 4'5"? Not yet seen your twelfth birthday? I've got some bad news for you.

  • 15 September 2006

  • Opinion: Stop sniggering – here comes the Zune

    Apparently, if you're French Canadian, you'll find Microsoft's choice of name for its iPod killer device rather rude.

  • Opinion: Proof that Mac users live on the dark side

    Look, it's not us having a pop at the lovable lefthanded art-speccies. An Apple shop has broken their cover by inviting murderous space peer, helmet lover and all-round bad egg Darth Vader to attend an Apple event this weekend.

  • Opinion: Software used to decide jail sentences

    To an outsider, the British justice system probably seems a little odd. A criminal could find him or herself being sentenced by a 19-year-old student, perhaps, or even an old man in a wig.

  • 14 September 2006

  • Opinion: For the man who has everything: the iSuit

    Personally, I think a set of white earphones is enough to mark an individual out as a bit of a plonker, but for some people that's not going nearly far enough.

  • Opinion: Music supremo slates MySpace, YouTube

    "We believe these new businesses are copyright infringers and owe us tens of millions of dollars. How we deal with these companies will be revealed shortly." So said Doug Morris, CEO of Universal Music Group, speaking ominously about the highly popular websites YouTube and MySpace yesterday.

  • Opinion: Microsoft to show 'iPod killer' today?

    Microsoft will reportedly announce its own iPod killer gadget, Zune, today.

  • Opinion: Microsoft updates Office 2007 Beta 2.0

    Today, Microsoft will publicly release a 'technical refresh' designed to fix the niggling problems left in the new version of its Office suite. The refresh will be available free to the 3.5 million people who are running Beta 2.0 already.

  • Opinion: Police laptop sold at car-boot sale

    Scottish police have been embarrassed by the appearance of a confidential laptop at a car-boot sale.

  • Opinion: Satnav face-off

    Either we Brits are particularly clueless at finding our way around, or we're more prone than other nations to heated arguments between driver and passenger. What else could explain the UK's fervent embrace of satellite navigation?

  • 13 September 2006

  • Opinion: A first look at iTunes' movie service

    Along with a raft of iPods, Apple launched its online movie service last night. So as I write, I am downloading a copy of National Treasure, starring Nicholas Cage. Here are a few first impressions.

  • Opinion: Apple lets us in on its iTV secret

    Despite a name that sounds rather like a terrestrial TV channel that's seen better days, there's an air of optimism in the way Apple's iTV device is being talked up.

  • Opinion: Happy 50th to the hard disk drive

    Inside the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, sits an odd-looking, fridge-sized contraption that could have been created by an out-of-control set designer for Lost in Space.

  • Opinion: There's no such thing as a free lunch…

    …or a free computer for that matter. Hold the front page!

  • Opinion: Only custom

    John Lloyd Williams writes: "In Microsoft Word on my laptop, if I attempt to set the paper size on the Page Setup dialog, Custom is the only option. My desktop has options for A4, A5 and so on as well. How can I add these?"

  • 12 September 2006

  • Opinion: Advantage Apple in Leopard vs Vista

    A few weeks ago, Apple showed the world the next release of Max OS X, called Leopard. The company spent a lot of time talking about how well the current version of OS X stacks up against the unreleased next generation of Windows, called Vista, but the real story is Leopard itself.

  • Opinion: Probe into Schwarzenegger security breach

    The California Highway Patrol is investigating the apparent hacking of a computer in Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's office.

  • Opinion: Spamming to be legal in New Zealand

    New Zealand's ISPs have been relieved of the burden of being the first port of call for spam complaints, under proposed legislation that has been reviewed by a select committee.

  • 11 September 2006

  • Opinion: Vista RC1 not all there yet

    Release Candidate 1. It's like that quick taste of stuffing you get an hour before Christmas dinner. But in Microsoft's case, with all the recent beta builds we've been seeing, we've overdosed on stuffing. We're ready for our dinner.

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