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Photos: Innovations at Macworld

News Microsoft made a Macworld appearance to promote its Office for Mac 2008. The Apple display at Macworld 2008 on Tuesday featured MacBook Airs hanging from the ceiling. Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the new ultraportable computers during his keynote...

Tags: tech, networks, macbook, macworld

17 January 2008, 8:38

NEC chip to bridge Blu-ray/HD DVD gap?

News The appearance of a combination player, however, could still take time. A truce between the Blu-ray and HD DVD worlds is still probably a way off, but NEC has come up with a chip that could help companies bridge the divide.

Tags: standards, hd, components, discs

12 October 2006, 9:26

Rokr to reach UK shops in 'mid-September'

News According to a Motorola spokesman, Carphone Warehouse will be the first to offer the device -- expected to make its appearance on shelves from "mid-September". The Rokr E1 -- the first mobile phone to support iTunes -- will soon be available in the...

13 September 2005, 9:52

Photos: Tracking Romans' mobile phones

News This image captures mobile phone activity during Madonna's appearance at Olympic Stadium in Rome last month. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has teamed up with Telecom Italia on a real-time mapping system that tracks how people move in...

11 September 2006, 9:47

News.blog: Improve your looks with a digital camera

News That way, it can alter the person's appearance only subtly in a matter of minutes. Imagine a digital camera that could make people in your photos more attractive. Tommer Leyvand, a researcher at Tel Aviv University in Israel, has done just that.

11 August 2006, 10:18

Teen film boosts Logitech's Webcams

News But as the self-described video blogger speaks, she simultaneously changes her on-screen appearance so that she looks like she's wearing Clark Kent glasses, or has strapped on a gas mask, or has transformed into a cat.

28 March 2006, 10:07

Meet Maxthon, China's hip browser

News From China, the browser has caught on in Europe, and now somewhat in the US thanks to an appearance with Microsoft at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this year -- though it's still largely unknown stateside.

23 June 2006, 10:05

Gates shows off Vista in CES speech

News Gates began his speech by noting his recent appearance, along with his wife, Melinda, and U2's Bono, as Time magazine's 'Persons of the Year'. After months of touting Vista's geekier side, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates on Wednesday highlighted...

5 January 2006, 11:27

News.blog: Can Bill Gates kill the mouse and keyboard?

News Making what is probably his last appearance as master of ceremonies at this annual conclave of corporate heavy hitters, Gates used the show-and-tell session to offer a prediction. It wasn't exactly Minority Report, but Bill Gates' technology...

Tags: hand, walls, gates, era

15 May 2008, 9:29

Apple and EMI strike DRM-free deal

News The packed press conference at EMI's London headquarters featured a performance by EMI recording artist The Good, The Bad and The Queen, as well as a guest appearance by Apple chief executive Steve Jobs.

3 April 2007, 10:13

Nightclub gives teens an online alter ego

News They can put their own stamp on their character's appearance by choosing from fashionable hair and clothing styles. School dances were once the training grounds for teens to learn to interact with the opposite sex.

15 May 2006, 10:23

Photos: Machinima Festival fuses games with films

News Directed by Jon Griggs, Deviation had made a previous appearance at New York City's Tribeca Film Festival in April. A screenshot from The Adventures of Bill and John: Danger Attacks at Dawn, which won the coveted Best Picture award at the Machinima...

9 November 2006, 11:15

Street Fighter IV set for February release

News Of particular note, Aiello said in June that two of the game's best-known and oft-played fighters -- Ken and Ryu -- won't make an appearance in the film. Street Fighter IV will be a movie tie-in? Sort of, according to Street Fighter: The Legend of...

Tags: film, street, universe, iv

20 August 2008, 8:37

Mozilla's Thunderbird 2 lifts off

News Thunderbird 2's customisation features are designed to allow users to create their own message template, or use any hundreds of free add-ons to change the appearance and functionality of their email client.

20 April 2007, 9:41

News.blog: Sony apologises for PS3 church massacre

News Church authorities had expressed shock and outrage when they discovered that the cathedral made an appearance in the game. Sony has said it's sorry for using an Anglican cathedral as a background for a bloody shootout in a PS3 game -- but it doesn...

9 July 2007, 8:53