Along with the new iPhone SDK 8 beta that came out tonight, Apple also shipped a pre-release version of iTunes 7.7 to developers in the iPhone Dev Program. iTunes 7.7 is a requirement for the new iPhone 3G and iPhone 2.0 firmware; it also appears to include a new remote control feature.
According to an anonymous [...]
More news on the home cinema front today as the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) announced an innovative new way to prevent illegal downloading of content from affecting sales.
Taking a break from suing the young, the old and the innocent, it has rather belatedly decided to spend some of its time researching the current [...]
Fanboys may be ready to fight to the death for their console of choice, but a new survey by Forrester shows that nearly half of all Europeans play computer games on multiple platforms, with the PC still the favourite for gaming.
Forrester’s survey into gaming reveals some interesting facts about gaming in Europe, including the fact [...]
Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer has admitted his regrets over the lag in time before the company involved itself in internet search, but insisted that the software giant is more of an innovator than rival Google.
Ballmer – who will perhaps be the highest profile figure in the company when Bill Gates steps down on 30 June [...]
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is set to vote on a motion that would allow generic top name domains to be opened up to a mass of alternatives.
ICANN is a not-for-profit organisation that looks after the internet’s naming conventions. As most readers will know, the letters of top domain names denote [...]
If you already have a Wii Wheel, such as the one Nintendo shipped with Mario Kart, and the Wii Balance Board shipped with Wii Fit, you’ll be glad to hear that an inventive coder has already figured out how to combine the two for the ultimate Wii racing game set-up.
It seems there might be quite [...]
Somebody has already reported a serious security flaw with Mozilla’s latest version of Firefox that was released and downloaded by millions of users last week.
The security flaw was reported to TippingPoint’s Zero Day Initiative and Mozilla has been informed of the details, so we will no doubt see a fix for the problem in the [...]
The principle behind noise-cancelling headphones is as elegant as it is simple – sample the noise to be cancelled out and use small speakers to create an equal, but opposite, sound that effectively erases the problem.
Now, Toyota has taken that concept and applied it to one of its high-end hybrid cars to reduce interior noise [...]
Microsoft have finaly found a commercial use for there new state-of-the-art touch screen interface in Vegas:
Source: Bluekat
The Wii has a lot to answer for. Apart from trouncing its rivals on the
sales front and spawning tales today of Microsoft creating Mii-like avatars for the Xbox 360, there’s mounting speculation that Sony is planning to launch a Wiimote-styled controller for the PS3.
The E3 show is just around the corner so the rumours are [...]
