More Opinion

  • 30 August 2006

  • Opinion: iTunes alternative offers 'free' music

    It's strange to think that just five years ago a host of peer-to-peer services thrived on the somewhat misguided premise that they had the legal basis to challenge old media's control over music distribution.

  • Opinion: MacBooks prone to random shutdowns?

    MacBook owners have launched a website dedicated to gathering reports explaining seemingly random shutdowns on the new consumer portable Macs.

  • Opinion: AT&T hack affects thousands of customers

    AT&T confirmed yesterday that its online store had been hacked and the credit card information and personal data of up to 19,000 customers may have been compromised.

  • Opinion: 52in HDTVs on show in Berlin

    Berlin is once again welcoming consumers to consume as many electronics as they possibly can during the six-day IFA international consumer electronics show, which opens on Friday.

  • Opinion: Apple, Dell plan standards for batteries

    Dell and Apple are teaming up to develop design and safety standards for lithium-ion batteries, following their recall of nearly six million Sony-made batteries this month.

  • 29 August 2006

  • Opinion: Blu-ray movies to hit Japan in November

    Japan will soon become the world's second major market to see the launch of Blu-ray Disc movies.

  • Opinion: eBay buyer robbed at gunpoint

    I've heard about a few cunning extortion rackets in my time, many of them involving eBay. Some of the processes involved in these deceptions have been mind-bogglingly complex – the sort of thing that even a bestselling crime author couldn't dream up in a million years.

  • Opinion: Corel to buy InterVideo for £103m

    Corel is to buy multimedia software company InterVideo for $196m (about £103m).

  • Opinion: Lycos rejigs video search with Blinkx's help

    Lycos has overhauled its video search engine by licensing technology from video search specialist Blinkx in an attempt to boost visits to its web portal.

  • 28 August 2006

  • Opinion: Antispy versus antispy

    Spyware is software that runs on your computer without your knowledge, and it covers a multitude of applications, from the harmless to the extremely dangerous.

  • 27 August 2006

  • Opinion: The legal risks of blogging

    A blog can be a good way to get your company noticed. But it can be a potential legal nightmare. PC Advisor looks at the risks and offers advice for companies who want to get in on the act.

  • 25 August 2006

  • Opinion: Real life: my battle with spyware

    This is not your typical article on spyware. Instead, it's a modern-day parable of my own recent experience with a crippling spyware infestation, with some important lessons for sysadmins of all types to learn as a result of my somewhat embarrassing mistakes.

  • Opinion: iPod or ID - which is more important?

    People value their iPods above their passports, the Home Office has warned.

  • Opinion: Video everywhere

    How to find films and clips on the web and watch them on your PC, TV or mobile device.

  • 24 August 2006

  • Opinion: Parents sue in lost iPod drama

    Where other than the US would people sue friends over a lost iPod?

  • Opinion: Canon's camera can clean own lens

    Because the tiniest speck of dust in a camera can appear huge on a photograph, Canon has combined a number of technologies, including one that uses ultrasonic vibrations, to keep dust off of its latest digital camera.

  • Opinion: Blackberry addiction 'worse than drugs'

    Apparently. It seems unlikely to me, as I live in a less than salubrious part of sarf London and have yet to be offered pure 'push email' on the street. But it also seems to be the concensus – exclusive to all newspapers (to borrow a phrase from Private Eye). 'Experts' are warning that Blackberry email devices can be so addictive, their owners may require Priory-style care, similar to that given to drug-addled celebs.

  • 23 August 2006

  • Opinion: 'The Office' visits Microsoft's office

    A pair of faux Microsoft corporate training videos that star the makers of the cult comedy series 'The Office' and blend founder Bill Gates and Microsoft corporate culture have become some of the most popular non-adult-oriented videos on rival Google's video search engine.

  • Opinion: Bargain of the week

    If you're looking for a low cost mono-laser printer for your home, your office, or even your home office, then you might be interested in the news I'm bringing you now.

  • Opinion: Big Brother's tech house

    Laden with intrigue, Microsoft's open-letter invitation to Mozilla developers to "see if you are open to some 1:1 support in getting Firefox and Thunderbird to run on Vista" houses within it the kick-start appeal of the choicest of Reality TV teases.

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