Category Archives: Tech News

Posted by: Jane Douglas This week we’ve been watching the ‘Big Bang machine’ kick off, eyeing up the skinniest iPods ever and chatting about underrated video games in a new podcast. Elsewhere on the web, we’ve been impressed by Spore … Continue reading →

  iPhone 3G queue Got a little video from the iPhone 3G queue outside a London O2 store this morning. Some of the Apple fans had been queuing since before 7AM for the 10AM store opening. That’s pretty dedicated, though … Continue reading →

It may have been scaled back from previous years, but E3 2007 certainly was not without the intrigue, excitement and controversy of the past events. Criticised for downsizing from the behemoth show that it had become by 2006, the major … Continue reading →

Street crime is officially up, with the theft of mobile phones and portable media players squarely blamed by the government for the alarming 8% rise.   Although overall crime rates fell – the Home Office insisted that the increase in … Continue reading →

I remember just how amazed I was by the ZX Spectrum. I reckon I was about 5 when we got one and I had never seen anything more enticing in my life.   I’ve done a couple of pieces to … Continue reading →

So many acronyms! (SMA)   It’s so hard to actually translate what EMI’s announcement means for the industry, DRM and Apple – so let’s try to break it down.   1) End to DRM? I, somewhet spuriously, suggest EMI are … Continue reading →

Another day, another e-mail scam it seems. This one was flagged up because it pretends to be from Microsoft.   There’s a little bit of me that wonders who falls for this kind of thing, but when you think that … Continue reading →

Apple and Cisco can both use iPhone. Read the full article here   I don’t think there was ever an identity issue here, with Cisco’s (linksys’) internet phones not really comparable with the shiny new iPhone but it is interesting … Continue reading →