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Segway-riding MP Opik risks arrest
News Opik pledged to raise the issue with transport minister Jim Fitzpatrick and to put forward a parliamentary question asking for them to be given the same classification as a bicycle on the road. The Department for Transport says it would be...
Tags: travel, transport, vehicles, car
10 September 2008, 8:47
News.blog: Photosynth goes public
News Gary Flake, who heads up Microsoft's Live Labs, says this is something that's coming later on down the road. Photosynth, a technology demo from Microsoft Live Labs, is graduating from its "ooh, that's pretty" status to being a viable Web service...
Tags: managed, photographs, labs, collections
21 August 2008, 9:16
Sat-navs distracting and confusing drivers
News Worrying effects on drivers include almost a fifth (19 per cent) of sat-nav users who said it caused them to dawdle or hesitate on a busy road; 18 per cent who said it reduced their awareness of what was going on around them; 11 per cent who said...
23 July 2008, 8:39
One in 10 Brits recycle old mobile phones
News Terho, director of environmental affairs, markets at Nokia, said in a statement: "If all of the three billion people that own mobile phones globally brought back just one unused device we could save 240,000 tonnes of raw materials and reduce...
Tags: nokia, mobiles, cent, mobile phones
10 July 2008, 9:21
Ending an era with Bill Gates' best quotes
News From Gates' book, The Road Ahead (1995). Here's CNET.co.uk's sister site silicon.com's pick of the best: The early days… There's nobody getting rich writing software that I know of. Did he honestly believe that?
Tags: industry, speech, magazine, cnet news
27 June 2008, 9:00
Calls to lift UK Segway ban
News We must always be mindful of safety issues -- this government have a good record on road safety -- and there are serious concerns; no doubt other jurisdictions have made such discoveries. Peers in the House of Lords have called on the government to...
Tags: house, devices, government, safety
21 May 2008, 9:44
Sat-navs set to nag about speed limit
News A spokesman for TfL said: "This is the biggest scheme of its type in the country, we are working on a comprehensive map of every single road in the capital. Chris Line, TfL's road safety chief, recently told the transport select committee that such...
Tags: map, drivers, road, london
16 May 2008, 9:40
Eee 900 launches with limited stock
News Road, a street lined with independent technology shops. Asus has officially launched the latest version of its Eee PC, the Eee PC 900, but most UK customers are currently unable to get their hands on the popular subnotebook.
2 May 2008, 9:21
Photos: In sync with Microsoft's Live Mesh
News Down the road though, it's Microsoft's latest attempt to find preeminence in a world in which Microsoft-based devices are just part of the mix.Shown here, the Live Mesh widget tells you what's happening with your shares and syncs.
Tags: devices, product, windows explorer, mesh
24 April 2008, 9:34
Photos: 'Mobots' race for accuracy
News The only mobot to make its way through all 14 gates, which meant navigating hills and deciding which path to follow when the road branched, was created by Michael Robotic contestants had to be small enough to squeeze through 14 gates that were 18...
Tags: kit, motion, students, race
22 April 2008, 9:20
News.blog: Google sued for invading privacy with Street View
News In the lawsuit filed on Wednesday, Aaron and Christine Boring say they bought their home in late 2006 partly because of its secluded location on a street that is "clearly marked with a 'Private Road' sign.
Tags: privacy, google, address, street
7 April 2008, 9:09
Photos: US mobiles show off at CTIA
News The Q9c is designed for road warriors and offers integrated GPS, Bluetooth and EV-DO which is basically the US version of 3G -- support. The semiannual CTIA trade show gives mobile companies the chance to show off their newest wireless wares.
Tags: credit, nokia, windows mobile, iphone
3 April 2008, 10:06
News.blog: Windows Mobile update due on 1 April
News At the moment, Windows Mobile phones are quite popular, but there's not a single company in this industry that isn't re-examining its future road map after watching the debut of the iPhone. Microsoft is getting ready to take the wraps off the...
Tags: address, windows mobile, las vegas, debut
26 March 2008, 9:21
News.blog: Apple to design clamshell iPhone?
News Patent applications aren't necessarily indicative of product plans, but they often provide hints of what companies are thinking about down the road. Apple could be embracing the clamshell aesthetic for a future iPhone.
Tags: iphone, touchscreen, patent, clamshell
18 March 2008, 9:17
Photos: Apple debuts iPhone 'software road map'
News Apple CEO Steve Jobs, wearing his standard jeans and black shirt, kicks off the speech by sharing news about "the iPhone software road map". Here are are some photos to help you feel like you were on Apple's guest list for the official launch of...
Tags: networks, jobs, president, iphone
7 March 2008, 9:49


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