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Tech giants back Byte Night '06

News Byte Night 2006 will take place on 22 September. Last year Byte Night raised £250,000 for NCH. The involvement of such high-profile figures in Byte Night is a tribute to how far the event has come. Byte Night highlights the compassion that exists...

30 May 2006, 10:34

News.blog: Hard-core 360 gamers up all night

News Which meant that in the middle of the night, the giant, 18,500-square-metre hangar where the event is being held was home to an untold number of gamers who just couldn't keep their eyes open to shoot another bad guy or race their way around...

22 November 2005, 9:37

Facebook apps: this month's must-have

News At Wednesday night's Facebook Developer Meetup in New York, the mood could be summed up by the appearance of a clean-cut young entrepreneur who had written 'I NEED AN APP' in thick black marker on his name tag.

18 June 2007, 10:42

Switch your PC off -- it's costing millions

News Companies should encourage employees to switch off PCs at night or continue wasting money and energy, according to research by Fujitsu Siemens. UK businesses need to consider both the financial and environmental implications of leaving a computer...

25 October 2005, 11:49

News.blog: PS3 mania in New York

News It was a dark and rainy night in Manhattan, but that wasn't going to get in the way of PlayStation 3 mania. There were still a full 72 hours before the uber-hyped console's US release when I arrived outside the Circuit City in New York City's Union...

15 November 2006, 10:01

Photos: Fashionable tech hits the runway

News The crowd at the 2nd Skin fashion show at San Francisco's Exploratorium on Friday night eagerly anticipates the latest advances in fashion technology. Want to charge your mobile phone and light up the night?

Tags: skin, networks, credit, person

29 April 2008, 10:11

News.blog: Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft joint bid

News Yahoo announced on Saturday night that it rejected a joint-buyout proposal that Microsoft and investor activist Carl Icahn offered the night before, which called for a 'complex restructuring' and sale of Yahoo's search business to Microsoft.

Tags: board, deal, yahoo, financial

14 July 2008, 9:18

Soderbergh shakes up DVD release thinking

News A red carpet will roll out on Thursday night in front of Parkersburg, West Virginia's historic Smoot Theater for the official premiere of a movie that, according to backers, represents the future of the film industry.

13 January 2006, 10:54

Arsonist brings down BT network in Manchester

News It appears that several man-hole covers were lifted up over night and wheelie-bins full of ignited petrol poured down them. One customer said: "Word is that it was a deliberate attack on sub-stations in the middle of the night.

23 October 2002, 13:20

News.blog: New mobile to prevent drunk dialling

News Address books and text-messaging can up the attendance of a slow night within minutes. LG's LP4100 brand, to be released in the US later this year, not only takes pictures of your friends' bar tricks, it can also ward off two of a wild Saturday...

29 June 2006, 11:02

News.blog: PS3 eBay madness continues

News After finding very few fans planning to keep their purchased PS3 for themselves at the launch on Thursday night, it was to be expected that more drama would ensue. Seven hundred PS3s went out of the door at the SonyStyle store in San Francisco on...

20 November 2006, 10:50

Can the PS3 save Sony?

News Sony has to contend with Microsoft -- whose own next-generation console, the Xbox 360, has been on the market for a year and which has already sold more than 6 million units -- as well as Nintendo, which is launching the much-hyped and well...

17 November 2006, 11:29

It's a nice day for an iPod wedding

News I think it will really add to the feel of the night not being so staged," said Emily Mighdoll, who is planning to use an iPod at her wedding next year in Delray Beach, Florida. One thing that stood out to her was an idle-looking DJ who hit a few...

21 September 2005, 10:46

Xbox 360 makes debut in desert

News The so-called 'Zero Hour' event, Microsoft's attempt to throw a party specifically for gamers, is being held for 30 hours -- from Sunday night until 12:01 a.m. Despite the presence of at least 2,000 Xbox fans on Sunday night -- with more expected...

21 November 2005, 10:25

Why can't Apple and Cisco just get along?

News But after "intense" discussions ended at 8pm on Monday night, Cisco hasn't heard from Apple, he said. Cisco's general counsel Mark Chandler said in an interview on Wednesday after Cisco filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Apple that the...

12 January 2007, 11:51