Google announced that they would be releasing their own web browser, and its called Chrome. Their new approach to web browsing and how the software processes javascripts are explained in a well drawn and written comic book, yes comic book. It really is a full length graphic novel! You can see for yourself here. I, [...]
Micrsoft demonstrates its latest implementation of its Surface technology on a large spherical display. While this device shows great ingenuity on behalf of the Microsoft programmers and engineers. I don’t see this as a very practicle device. Maybe I’m just being a little short sighted about touch screen technology, which I think is nothing more [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Microsoft have finaly found a commercial use for there new state-of-the-art touch screen interface in Vegas: Source: Bluekat
A survey by the music lobby group British Music Rights showsthat 95 per cent of teenagers and young people copy music in some way, with half the average 1770 tracks on an MP3 player being stolen. The researchers found that 58 per cent of those surveyed have copied music from a friend’s hard drive to [...]
They say necessity is the mother of all invention. Well, sometimesthe ‘completely unnecessary but very cool’ category lends a helping hand too. Which is probably how the ‘Take A Seat’ design came intobeing. A chair, which has a motor and wheels as well as some robotics inside,can be activated by your RFID-enabled library card. The [...]
