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Obama in sex video shocker? Oh wait, it's just spam
News and the email appears to come from 'infonews@obama.com', Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, says on his blog. Don't believe everything you read on the Internet: US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama isn't a terrorist...
Tags: sex, sophos, obama, barack obama
11 September 2008, 8:43
Extensions promised for Chrome
News Extensions shouldn't be confused with a related technology, plug-ins, which includes software such as Sun Microsystems' Java, Microsoft's Silverlight, and Adobe Systems' Flash. One of Firefox's initial claims to fame is the fact that the browser...
Tags: extensions, firefox, advertisements, chrome
4 September 2008, 10:14
UK video game degrees under fire
News The approved degrees include two at the University of Abertay Dundee, and one each at the University of the West of Scotland and the Glamorgan Centre for Art & Design Technology. Developing games is a far cry from the normal 9-to-5, so it's...
Tags: university, paper, gaming, degree
26 August 2008, 8:24
News.blog: Photosynth goes public
News Photosynth, a technology demo from Microsoft Live Labs, is graduating from its "ooh, that's pretty" status to being a viable Web service for consumers. The technology, which takes a grouping of photographs and stitches them into a faux 3D...
Tags: managed, photographs, labs, collections
21 August 2008, 9:16
Broadband Britain loves to talk
News Consumers are not only spending more time with technology, they are paying less for it too, the report claims. Brits are more comms obsessed than ever, according to Ofcom. The telecoms regulator has released its fifth annual communications market...
Tags: cent, broadband, connections, communications
15 August 2008, 8:13
BBC lifts lid on iPlayer user habits
News Writing on the BBC blog, Anthony Rose, head of digital media for BBC Future Media and Technology, said: "It's great to have some solid evidence to back up our ideas on how people were using the service, and I've been delighted to see how positive...
Tags: linux, cent, research, bbc
7 August 2008, 9:37
AMD ships new 790GX gaming chip
News The 790GX allows gamers to safely run Phenom-processor-based systems at speeds of more than 3.0GHz using a technology AMD calls 'Advanced Clock Calibration'. Performance cache' memory technology, which places a discrete memory chip on the...
Tags: processor, hd, clock, amd
6 August 2008, 8:59
Report: Google to advertise in games?
News Venture Beat claims to have spoken to sources close to the matter who say that Google "has developed an in-game advertising technology that allows it to insert video ads into games. Google is close to launching in-game advertising through a project...
Tags: market, ads, google, advertising
4 August 2008, 9:09
Orange bundles Eee PC with mobile broadband
News He said in a statement: "Over time we will be looking to expand our offering even further with more suppliers who are at the forefront of laptop technology, making it even easier for our customers to connect to the internet seamlessly, whether it...
Tags: windows vista, consumer, core, iphone
24 July 2008, 8:31
Sat-navs distracting and confusing drivers
News Yet various companies are developing high tech in-car systems to embed far more driver-assistance technology into vehicles, with plans to wirelessly connect cars to the Internet and each other in future, bringing far greater scope for driver...
23 July 2008, 8:39
BT to upgrade 10 million homes with fibre
News But the company has said comms industry regulator Ofcom needs to look at changing the regulatory environment in order to ensure a "fair rate of return" for companies looking to roll out the technology.
Tags: industry, generation, silicon, return
16 July 2008, 8:15
LG to merge mobile and PC divisions
News LG intends to increase its focus on smart phones, ultra-mobile PCs and network infotainment", the statement said, adding: "These have emerged as important sectors to keep pace with in this era of mobile Internet, in which users have come to rely...
Tags: company, technology, wi fi, communications
16 July 2008, 8:00
Google's Street View faces privacy concerns
News Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) told CNET.co.uk's sister site ZDNet.co.uk on Monday that it will be in touch with Google over concerns that people will be too easily recognisable, especially as the face-blurring technology it uses to...
Tags: face, privacy, international, street
9 July 2008, 9:03
Mobile broadband boosts fibre diet
News Speaking at a conference hosted by the UK trade association for technology, More than a third of UK businesses predict they will need speeds of 100Mbps to be able to meet future demand for next-generation internet technology, the CMA's Next...
Tags: rate, generation, communications, businesses
7 July 2008, 9:32
News.blog: Google to turn over YouTube user activity
News We are pleased the court put some limits on discovery," Google said in the statement, "including refusing to allow Viacom to access users' private videos and our search technology. Viacom is getting its hands on some of YouTube's sensitive user...
Tags: case, google, order, youtube
4 July 2008, 9:01
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Format wars: The tech that should have won
Did you love Laserdisc? Were you bonkers over Betamax? Travel back in time with Captain Tech and check out the format losers that should have triumphed
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