Gareth Halfacree

ModBook Mac tablet now shipping

Axiotron has announced that its homebrew Apple Mac-based tablet PC, the ModBook, is now available to order. Can a MacBook really be hacked into a commercially viable tablet?

January 2, 2008 | 12:02

Flying to the US? Watch your lithium

If you're a traveller going to or through the US, you're going to be restricted in the quantity of spare lithium-based batteries you can take for your power-hungry gadgets under new DOT rules.

January 2, 2008 | 10:00

Mobile devices waterproofed by MilTech

A technology developed to protect soldiers from contaminants in the battlefield may be used to get your iPod to boogie away underwater.

January 1, 2008 | 13:01

"Noahpad" Eee PC rival announced

E-Lead Electronics has announced a rival for the Eee PC: the Noahpad. It's small, white, and runs Linux; is it just another clone, or has it got its own merits?

January 1, 2008 | 12:55

Nokia tests 173Mb/s mobile broadband

The networking division of mobile phone giant Nokia has announced trials of a wireless technology capable of transferring data to mobiles at 173Mb/s.

December 31, 2007 | 13:46

Girl expects iPod, receives lecture

A Washington D.C. girl expecting an iPod for Christmas opened the box to find a lecture instructing her to "read a book" and chiding her for wanting "capitalistic garbage."

December 31, 2007 | 13:32

Windows Home Server trashes files

Using a Windows Home Server-based appliance to store your precious data? Better make sure those backups work, as Microsoft has spotted a rather critical glitch.

December 28, 2007 | 10:09

Sony kills off rear-projection TVs

Sony is to cease production of rear-projection TV sets in February 2008 in favour of LCD and OLED technologies.

December 28, 2007 | 10:00

IFPI says ISPs should police users

The IFPI says that ISPs should take responsiblity for file sharing across their networks, and work to prevent users from infringing copyright across the 'net.

December 27, 2007 | 09:54

Webcam tech gives real-time makeover

A new technology being previewed in Japan offers a real-time system for modifying peoples appearance during video conferences.

December 27, 2007 | 08:50

BlackBerry due an angular keyboard?

Research in Motion has filed a patent for a new 'angular' keyboard designed to make text entry easier and faster on their flagship BlackBerry devices. It looks a little goofy, but it could just work...

December 26, 2007 | 13:16

Apple patents iNanny for iPods

Fearing that users aren't smart enough to know whether they're sending themselves deaf listening to music, Apple patents an automatic volume limiting system for iPods.

December 26, 2007 | 11:51

Set up a RAID 5 array on the Interweb

Got a bunch of free FTP accounts in various places? Fancy accessing them as a single logical device via a RAID 5 array? Don't mind setting up the software equivalent of a Rube Goldberg contraption? The answer is here.

December 24, 2007 | 08:20

Laptop + Wiimote = 3D VR Display

Inveterate Wii hacker Johnny Lee has invented possibly his coolest toy yet: a head-tracking 3D VR display using a Wiimote and a Sensor Bar. Serious awesomeness ensues.

December 24, 2007 | 08:08

Forget light, carbon is the new silicon

Yes, you guessed it: another possible future processor technology. This time it's the stuff in pencils rather than the stuff that comes out of torches that'll save us all.

December 21, 2007 | 12:16

Georgia Tech team make talc print robot

In the tech equivalent to messing around in the kitchen with flour and getting a scolding from your mother, a team of students have made a robot which prints on carpet using talcum powder.

December 21, 2007 | 10:56

Google Talk now features real-time translation

Google's IM package now features real-time translation to and from multiple languages. Next step: a small fish you slip into your ear?

December 20, 2007 | 13:23

Nanowires to enhance battery life

Stanford University researchers unveil a new nanotechnology that could herald the dawn of twenty-hour laptop batteries.

December 20, 2007 | 12:00

Nanosolar ships 'cheap' solar cells

Solar power specialists Nanosolar have announced mass-production of cheap-ish panels, and if you're desperate you can even get one on eBay.

December 19, 2007 | 12:57

Crypto 'backdoor' in Vista SP1

Microsoft is due to ship a flawed random number generator with the latest Windows Vista service pack, which has the potential to put your encrypted data at risk.

December 19, 2007 | 11:57

IVY to visualise external data

We've seen "usage monitors" on external drives before, but a student has come up with a novel way to show exactly what type of files are being stored, in colour, using an OLED screen.

December 18, 2007 | 13:49