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Death knell sounded for cassettes

News According to the electronics retailer, the growth of music downloads has sounded the death knell for the cassette. Following the demise of the floppy disk, it looks like analogue tape is about to meet a similar fate: Currys has announced it will no...

9 May 2007, 12:28

Microsoft's prank Blue Screen of Death

News A prank application that mimics the notorious Blue Screen of Death is now available from Microsoft's own Web site. Sysinternals provides professional system utilities for Windows system management and troubleshooting and has also offered a spoof...

15 November 2006, 9:32

News.blog: XP death could be postponed

News The death of Windows XP may have been greatly exaggerated. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company could re-evaluate its plans to phase out Windows XP by 30 June, if customers demand that it stick around.

Tags: xp, windows xp, pcs, plan

25 April 2008, 10:22

TiVo stages the death of the VCR in fine style

News While the official death of VCRs and the VHS format has been long expected, it may be a bit premature to announce its arrival. TiVo hosted a mock funeral for the VCR on Friday as part of a promotional sales event for its digital video recorders...

17 October 2005, 11:01

News.blog: DJs axed over Wii death

News That in turn can lead to swelling of the brain, seizures, comas and in some cases death. A Sacramento, California radio station has sacked ten employees after a woman died in a water-drinking contest to win a Nintendo Wii, the Associated Press and...

18 January 2007, 10:32

The death of the smiley?

News Author Vladimir Nabokov said in a 1969 New York Times interview that "there should exist a special typographical sign for a smile -- some sort of concave mark, a supine round bracket". Now, nearly four decades later, there is just such a...

14 March 2007, 10:41

USB sensor to battle houseplant death

News Start-up PlantSense has developed a 254mm, stake-shaped sensor that obtains information about light, moisture, soil composition and other factors that can affect plant growth and health. The sensor is placed a few inches into the soil and connected...

20 October 2006, 10:20

Symbian predicts the death of the PC

News The PC will be on its last legs within five years, if executives from the mobile platform company Symbian are to be believed. Giving the keynote speech at the Symbian Smartphone Show in London, chief executive Nigel Clifford told delegates that the...

18 October 2006, 10:17

Taiwanese man overdoses on PC games

News But these aren't the first cases of games-related death. Earlier this year, a Louisiana mother sued Nintendo for "unspecified damages" having accused the company of causing seizures in her 30-year-old son which subsequently led to his death.

22 October 2002, 15:16

Worm hooks emailers with Pope conspiracy

News Emails suggesting there was a conspiracy around Pope John Paul II's death or that Michael Jackson has passed away could be carrying a worm, experts have warned. One of the messages, as seen by Sophos, read: "Someone sent me this document which is...

29 June 2005, 9:53

Photos: Inside the iPod touch

News Could this signal the death of our touch? Once it was back together, our iPod touch booted right up with no white screen of death. The iPod touch includes the usual music-playing features, but adds video playback and Wi-Fi connectivity.

Tags: fi, battery, wi fi, clip

4 December 2007, 11:15

Yahoo releases e-mails of deceased Marine

News The case highlights uncertainty about the privacy of people's digital life in the event of their death, and about the responsibilities Internet service providers have towards family members. Experts say there has yet to be a definitive court ruling...

25 April 2005, 14:59

Second 'WOW' expansion announced

News It will also introduce the Death Knight hero class and a new profession -- inscription -- that will let players permanently enhance spells and abilities. The next shot shows the male human in black Death Knight armour, standing before a seated...

Tags: person, warcraft, weapons, iii

6 August 2007, 11:21

Digital music singing new sales song

News But it will have to be promoted to death. Digital music's baby stepsIndeed, after all the headlines about iPod sales and the impending death of CDs, it's easy to forget just how unfamiliar digital music remains to most people.

20 January 2006, 10:58

Chinese boy kills mother in cybercafe row

News He stabbed his mother to death at home during a heated argument, the Beijing Youth Daily said. A teenage boy in southern China, "heavily addicted" to the Internet, killed his mother and severely injured his father with a kitchen knife after he was...

15 June 2007, 9:55