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CeBIT gets a tech face-lift

News CeBIT, which is scheduled to begin on Thursday, is undergoing a "180-degree shift in focus" in line with changing market dynamics, according to Sven-Michael Prüser, the trade show's senior vice president.

13 March 2007, 9:24

Monitor turns satellite images into 3D models

News The company's SD1710 consists of two monitors placed at a 110-degree angle separated by a piece of polarised glass. If you need to view aerial photographs in 3D and have £2,200 burning a hole in your pocket, Planar Systems has the monitor for you.

14 September 2005, 9:26

Google's Street View faces privacy concerns

News Thursday, shows 360-degree views of streets as a part of the Google Maps application. The Information Commissioner's Office has said it has concerns about Google's Street View and thinks the company could be breaching data-protection law.

Tags: face, privacy, international, street

9 July 2008, 9:03

Survey: European patents have quality problems

News These results come only a few weeks after the EU voted through controversial changes to the Software Patents Directive, widening the degree to which software could be patented. The majority of staff at the European Patent Office (EPO) feel they do...

8 June 2004, 12:40

Photos: Webcams shoot the Messenger

News The LifeCam VX-6000 offers 5-megapixel interpolated photography, 1.3-megapixel HD video (with 3x digital zoom) and a 71-degree wide-angle lens designed to allow more than one person to be included in the shot.

14 June 2006, 9:48

EU votes through software patent changes

News According to a spokesman at the UK's Department of Trade and Industry, which backed the changes, the vote removes many of the changes introduced last year by the European Parliament that would have limited the degree to which software programs...

18 May 2004, 12:55

Tech 'vital' to schools, says government

News In particular, she said the Internet would allow parents to "influence learning" to a much greater degree than has ever been previously possible. Education Secretary Ruth Kelly has claimed that online applications will allow parents to become more...

12 January 2006, 8:46

Kodak packs two lenses in its latest camera

News A panorama feature lets users create 180-degree images from three shots. The new EasyShare V570 digital camera from Eastman Kodak includes a pair of lenses in a slim body. Kodak calls the V570 the world's first dual-lens digital still camera.

3 January 2006, 10:24

High-tech scan reveals mummy's secrets

News The event was noteworthy because it was the first time the public had been able to peek through a mummy's wrappings and see the body inside with such a high degree of detail. Before an eager audience of academics, Egyptologists, technologists and...

4 August 2005, 10:18

News.blog: Facebook updates privacy, adds IM

News Naomi Gleit, Facebook's product manager for privacy and internationalisation, previewed the updated options, which include a new "Friend of Friends" option based on social proximity -- not unlike LinkedIn profiles, in which profile information is...

Tags: messaging, party, friend, profiles

19 March 2008, 9:11

Portal drops MP3 search over copyright fears

News With most music available online in China now illegal, NetEase considers that it has contributed to violations of intellectual property "to a certain degree", according to the Financial Times. One of China's biggest Internet portals has shut down...

18 August 2005, 8:37

HP predicts 20 percent growth

News For more complex offerings, such as services designed to help customers adapt their companies with new technology, it faces IBM and, to a lesser degree, Sun Microsystems. Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina issued a rosy profit forecast...

9 June 2004, 8:45

Worms create rough ride for Symantec

News It has been showing some growth, but not to the degree people had hoped for," said Tom Berquist, a Smith Barney Citigroup analyst. The good news is that a series of worms, viruses and other security headaches has been a windfall for Symantec.

27 April 2004, 14:20

News.blog: Microdisplay turns heads

News The visor, which retails for $899 (£515), also has a head-tracking system that allows for a 360-degree angle of view. At the 22nd annual Flat Information Displays (FID) Conference, this week, vendors showcased the latest advancements in LCD, plasma...

10 November 2005, 9:22

What not to eat -- over your keyboard

News The degree of difficulty associated with the removal process We all do it, even though we know we probably shouldn't. Whether it's merely snacking to help pass the time or voraciously devouring lunch while trying to restore the chief executive's...

15 March 2006, 10:00