Gareth Halfacree

Host a party, get Windows 7 free

Microsoft is attempting to boost interest in Windows 7 by offering free Ultimate Signature Editions to those willing to host a launch day party.

September 4, 2009 | 09:59

Kodak demos underwater flexible OLEDs

Kodak's labs have released demonstration images of a flexible OLED display which, in a marked departure from the norm, can operate completely submerged in water.

September 3, 2009 | 14:56

ASA bans Samsung LED TV ads

The Advertising Standards Authority has branded adverts for LED-backlit TVs from Samsung "misleading," and has banned the ads from running again.

September 3, 2009 | 10:25

eBay sells majority of Skype

In a move which admits its past mistakes, eBay has sold 65 percent of its ownership of Skype to a group of private investors - including Netscape founder Andreessen.

September 2, 2009 | 14:04

Google Wave gets limited rollout

Google has announced that it is to open its Wave collaboration platform to selected educational and business users starting at the end of this month.

September 2, 2009 | 10:00

OLEDs to become as cheap as newsprint

A new technique for the creation of OLED displays could lead to devices becoming as "inexpensive as printing newspapers" according to a Japanese researcher.

September 1, 2009 | 13:34

AMD announces 40W six-core Opteron

AMD has announced some new members to its Opteron range of server chips - six-core processors drawing a minuscule 40W of power without sacrificing performance.

September 1, 2009 | 10:10

Sharp to launch ultra-mini netbook

Sharp is set to launch a device which it believes sits between smartphones and netbooks - a 5" touchscreen unit running Ubuntu 9.04.

August 28, 2009 | 12:48

Microsoft patents advert-based CAPTCHAs

Microsoft has filed a patent for advertising images, audio, or text which require users to answer a product-related question to continue.

August 28, 2009 | 10:02

Rumour: Nokia to launch ARM-based netbook

Industry sources claim that Nokia is looking to release a netbook based around the ARM processor family.

August 27, 2009 | 09:59

Nvidia predicts 570x GPU performance boost

Nvidia's CEO has predicted that GPU technology will increase to 570 times current performance levels in six years, while CPU tech will lag behind.

August 27, 2009 | 08:25

Researcher plans distributed GSM crack

A security researcher has announced an open-source distributed computing project which aims to generate a rainbow table for the A5/1 algorithm used in mobile 'phones.

August 26, 2009 | 15:15

Win 7: netbook battery killer?

A series of benchmark tests carried out on netbooks running Windows XP and Windows 7 has revealed a worrying drop in battery life under Microsoft's latest OS.

August 26, 2009 | 10:05

Nokia unveils Booklet 3G netbook

Finnish mobile giant Nokia has offered up a taster of its first entry into the netbook market - a rather snazzy 10" model featuring 3G connectivity and a HDMI output.

August 25, 2009 | 13:05

First US rehab centre for 'net addicts opened

The first rehabilitation centre for those suffering from Internet Addiction Disorder has opened its doors, charging $14,500.

August 25, 2009 | 08:52

Firefox, Opera popular with malware authors

Research has revealed the browser choices of drive-by malware download site creators - with Opera making a strong showing.

August 24, 2009 | 14:40

Intel buys parallelism companies

In order to boost development of multi-core aware applications, Intel has bought two software companies in the last month: parallelism specialists Rapidmind and Cilk.

August 24, 2009 | 10:02

Security breach downs Mozilla Store

The Mozilla Foundation's online store - where fans can buy Firefox-branded goodies - has been taken offline by a security breach at the ecommerce provider.

August 7, 2009 | 17:04

AMD releases OpenCL SDK

AMD has released a beta edition of its Stream SDK - version 2.0 - which introduces support for the OpenCL GPU offload specification.

August 7, 2009 | 08:36

SCO's plan to return rejected by court

The SCO Group has been appointed a nanny by the bankruptcy courts after petitioning to be allowed to sell its Unix assets to exit Chapter 11 and continue its litigation.

August 7, 2009 | 08:25

iPhone takes third of smartphone profits

Apple's iPhone is responsible for an impressive 32 percent of overall profits in the smartphone sector - despite accounting for a mere 8 percent turnover.

August 6, 2009 | 11:47

Nvidia sneaks out Ion LE

Nvidia has quietly snuck its second Ion chipset out of the door, but the DirectX 9-only part isn't the high-performance Ion 2 for which we've been waiting.

August 5, 2009 | 11:03

WebGL brings 3D acceleration to browsers

The non-profit Khronos Group has given out a few details of its up-coming royalty-free WebGL standard, which promises plugin-free 3D acceleration within your browser.

August 5, 2009 | 10:57