More Opinion

  • 16 August 2006

  • Opinion: Web System's GPS car theft stopper

    Here's a new spin on using GPS to hinder car theft. A Japanese company called Web System has developed a device that notifies owners when their autos have gone Awol, and the owners can use a mobile phone to stop thieves from starting the engine.

  • Opinion: Apple attacked by Vikings

    Regulators representing the Nordic states are set to meet in Reykjavik, Iceland later this this month. They are unlikely to be wearing hats with horns on – that was a myth – but they will be discussing legal action against Apple. They're specifically unhappy about the download restrictions of the iTunes music store.

  • 15 August 2006

  • Opinion: Windows Media Player 11.0 UK gets video

    Brits finally get to enjoy the free music vids the US has been hogging - but only for a while. Windows Media Player 11.0, which has been in beta but available for download from Microsoft's website for the past couple of months, is finally being properly optimised for the world outside the almighty US of A.

  • Opinion: eBay sellers go on strike

    It's one out, all out in cyberspace. According to reports, disgruntled eBay sellers in the UK are on strike. The strikers are unhappy with charges introduced by the online auction giant to attract more buyers. And some of them have turned to Google for help.

  • Opinion: Attack of the pod people

    You really couldn't make it up. Apple is handing out cease and desist letters to companies that use the word 'pod' in the names of their products and services.

  • Opinion: Apple's Jobs is fit and well

    Rumours of his demise have been greatly overstated: Apple has issued a rare comment in response to rumour and speculation regarding the health of CEO Steve Jobs.

  • Opinion: Time reveals 50 coolest websites

    Not content with revealing the men and women of each year (Bill Gates? Cool? If you say so...) US magazine Time has unveiled its take on the 50 coolest websites around. We can only assume that PCAdvisor.co.uk was relegated to 51st place for speeding in the pit-lane. Or something.

  • Opinion: Pensioner conquers YouTube

    Videos posted by a widower of almost 80 have become a smash hit on YouTube. Which just goes to show that the oldies can still teach the kids a thing or two – even if they live in a house with floral wallpaper.

  • 14 August 2006

  • Opinion: Text 'fingerprints' could catch criminals

    Boffins at the University of Leicester have embarked upon a study aimed at discerning individuals' styles of text-messaging.

  • Opinion: The mind-controlled wheelchair

    Researchers at the University of Electro-Communications say they've developed a prototype wheelchair that responds to brainwave patterns.

  • 13 August 2006

  • Opinion: Tip: group email made easy

    Windows XP’s welcome screen may insist you have unread messages even when you don’t. That’s because the screen is updated if you use Hotmail, Outlook, or Outlook Express.

  • 12 August 2006

  • Opinion: Shooting from the hip

    Digital photography has come a long way from its sluggish debut – just make sure you take extra care over your hoard of recently captured digital memories.

  • 11 August 2006

  • Opinion: Eat my soccer sports!

    Here's a free online game that breaks up the hellish monotony of work.

  • Opinion: HD-DVD vs Blu-ray to be a damp squib

    We've all been eagerly awaiting the release of HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc players, recorders and movies. Now that these things are starting to trickle onto the market, we might actually get an answer to the question we've been asking for so long.

  • Opinion: Software can tell shampoo from explosives

    You may think your new shampoo is 'da bomb', but to an airport security guard looking at it under an X-ray machine, it may look like an actual bomb.

  • Opinion: First impressions of Sony's GPS-CS1

    As someone who takes a lot of pictures, I've often thought it would be nice to have location data embedded in the images. That way, a few months or years down the line I can easily find out where I took the pictures.

  • Opinion: No online sex please, we're British

    Following on from the hot news that UK broadband users spend an average of 50 days a year online, it turns out that we're not even doing anything interesting. Yup, when it comes to using the net, the British attitude is 'safety first'.

  • Opinion: Avoid patch crash: tips for staying safe

    Don’t let buggy patches goad you into disabling Automatic Updates. Instead, take charge with these steps.

  • 10 August 2006

  • Opinion: Dell Precision twice the price of Mac Pro

    A fundamental reason behind the commercial success of Windows PCs over Apple's Mac has been the wide price gap between the two platforms. Apple computers always cost more than PCs, so most people save money by buying into Windows.

  • Opinion: From Tokyo: farewell, my analogue friend

    For the first time in my life, except for that brief flirtation with ISDN in the late 90s, I'm about to be without an analogue telephone in the house.

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