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Handheld computers to aid police on beat

News The prime minister has pledged to arm police with thousands of 'handheld computers' so officers can make more effective use of their time and increase the amount of frontline policing they do. Gordon Brown, making his maiden speech as leader to the...

27 September 2007, 8:47

O2 to roll out superfast broadband

News BT's former mobile arm, O2, is challenging the telecoms company in the broadband arena with a rapid rollout of superfast broadband. BT demerged O2 five years ago to help crack its multi-billion pound debt mountain.

16 November 2006, 9:49

Yahoo hires another top media exec

News Yahoo has plucked away a top America Online executive for its evolving entertainment arm. The Internet media company said on Tuesday that it has hired Shawn Hardin, a former senior vice president of AOL broadband, to help run Content Operations at...

27 April 2005, 14:55

Sony PSP ads escape UK ban

News Sony's European gaming arm has escaped censure in the UK despite a barrage of complaints from the public about a high-profile poster campaign. The series of advertisements for the PlayStation Portable, created by TBWA London on behalf of Sony...

22 June 2006, 9:44

LCD TVs to get carbon nanotube boost?

News The Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, the laboratory arm of the South Korean industrial giant, has come up with a 15-inch prototype LCD (liquid-crystal display) screen that employs an array of carbon nanotubes.

8 November 2006, 11:06

Nokia to inoculate phones with antivirus software

News Under the agreement, announced on Wednesday, Nokia plans to arm its Series 60 smart phones with the Symantec Mobile Security antivirus program. Nokia has entered a pact with Symantec to help secure its mobile phones from viruses that target certain...

6 October 2005, 9:01

HP unveils vision of personal hub

News The hub -- which resembles a wristwatch and would be worn on the arm -- would handle a user's connectivity requirements. HP has revealed its vision for the future of mobile devices by unveiling, as a concept, a wearable wireless communications hub.

10 October 2006, 10:14

Microsoft signs cable deal for HDTV support

News The pact, with the industry's technical arm, CableLabs, means that PCs with Microsoft's Media Center features will be able to display digital cable -- both standard and high-definition flavours -- without a set-top box.

17 November 2005, 8:58

Motion-sensing comes to mobiles

News Responding to a flick of the wrist or sweep of the arm, tiny sensors called accelerometers, which measure linear acceleration in the Wiimote game controller, translate motion into action on the screen.

26 March 2007, 11:05

Doctor Who materialises on mobile phones

News The deal is the first time BBC Worldwide, Auntie's commercial arm, has licensed full-length video content for use on mobile phones. Sci-fi fans will be able to view episodes of cult shows Doctor Who and Red Dwarf on their mobile phones as a result...

24 August 2005, 9:16

Microsoft hit with record EC fine

News The total fine imposed on Microsoft by the Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, is now €1.68bn. The European Commission has fined Microsoft €899m (£680m) for failing to comply with a ruling imposed for antitrust violations.

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28 February 2008, 9:21

Photo: Pimp my geeky toilet

News The fully loaded Kohler commode comes with (deep breath) a Philips 20-inch LCD TV, a Philips DVD player, Star Wars on DVD, an Xbox 360, a Gateway EMachine laptop with a robot arm, an iPod with a docking station equipped with a toilet-paper...

6 February 2007, 9:44

News.blog: Police search for 'cell phone bandit'

News According to reports, she walked into the bank with a box under her arm and a mobile phone to her ear. Police in Virginia have issued warrants for the arrest of a 19-year-old woman who robbed four banks while talking on her mobile phone.

15 November 2005, 9:29

How Steve Jobs became a movie mogul

News Now, with the $7.4bn sale of his Pixar Animation Studios to Disney, on terms that make him the venerable movie conglomerate's largest shareholder, Jobs is moving more deeply into a Hollywood that he's always held somewhat at arm's length.

25 January 2006, 10:05

News.blog: Air guitar T-shirt rocks on

News Textile motion sensors embedded in the shirt sleeves detect motion when one arm bends and the other fake-strums. Cue the Deep Purple. Air guitar, that time-honoured musical tradition generally best left for performances in garages and basements...

15 November 2006, 9:59