It seems that Silverlight, a new web streaming technology from Microsoft, will finally allow us to provide customers with video solutions for the web - something that was not really possible with just Windows Media. Basically, with Silverlight we can build YouTube-like web sites hosted both on Linux and Windows, and viewable on both Windows and […]

NAT Expo to take place in Moscow on 19-22 November, 2007. I guess it is not as hot as IBC – but might be interesting if you are targeting the Russian market.

He spent almost 7 days playing online games. A 26 year old man from China died after engaging in a 7 day online gaming marathon. The 330 pound 26 year old collapsed after spending almost all the seven days playing online games. China has 20 million Internet users, 2.6 million of them are considered addicts.

Western Europe became the biggest notebook market in the world in fourth quarter of 2006, accounting for 34% of worldwide shipments and beating out United States. In 2005, Western Europe accounted 35% of worldwide notebook sales, compared to 31% with the U.S.

In 2006 more than 10 million Sony-manufacturered notebook batteries were recalled — an error that cost Sony more than $444 million dollars to correct. Lenovo has issued a recall on 9-cell lithium-ion batteries. Lenovo insiders stress to DailyTech that this recall is not due to the same conditions as the Sony battery recall from 2006; […]

Sony said Monday it is bringing out a cheaper player for Blu-ray discs early this summer, a crucial step in its battle to make the high-definition format the replacement for DVDs. The BDP-S300 will cost $599, yet will have the same capabilities as the $999 BDP-S1 Sony is currently selling, said Randy Waynick, senior vice […]

Cuba’s communist government is trying to shake off the yoke of at least one capitalist empire — Microsoft Corp. — by joining with socialist Venezuela in converting its computers to open-source software. Both governments say they are trying to wean state agencies from Microsoft’s proprietary Windows to the open-source Linux operating system, which is developed […]

Abdel Kareem Soliman, aka Kareen Amer, has been sentenced to four years’ prison for insulting various things bloggers are prone to insult. (Bite me, Tony Blair!) Soliman had some choice words about Islam, the president of Egypt, and called his alma mater al-Azhar “the university of terrorism”. He was expelled last year and his school […]

The software behemoth is giving away 50 Zune media players as part of a “Make MSN Your Homepage” promotion. Read the rules, though, and you’ll see you don’t actually have to make MSN your homepage to enter. You do have to agree to “hold harmless Microsoft Corporation” and its affiliates “from any and all liability […]

Enter eNECESSITIES, a company that will brand your slogan or message to their line of products so you can hand them out as company Christmas gifts to the employees or tech swag to clients that visit your firm’s convention booth. eNECESSITIES’ latest novelty is the USB Sound Flash Drive, a little innovation that could drive […]

The 2-VU DC15 just can’t be mistaken as a regular notebook at first sight. The notebook’s USP is the dual touchscreen displays as can be seen in the picture. The dual displays would leaves no space for a included keyboard and touchpad for navigation. While the laptop may rise to new heights on the novelty […]

Following the success of initial trials, the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project plans to roll out a total of 2,500 units later this month for the next stage of testing. Recipients of the upcoming test units include Argentina, Brazil, Libya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uruguay, and Thailand. Yes, Thailand. Although Thailand was initially a supporter of […]

A cassette playing iPod, now that’s a serious old vs. new school mix. Sony has conceded defeat in the gadget wars, so to recoup some of their recent losses they have teamed up with Apple to create the amazing WalkPod.

Never worry where your kids are again, thanks to new shoes with GPS built-in. A new line of sneakers priced at $325 to $350 will allow users to locate the wearer anywhere in the world with a press of a button. The wearer must activate the GPS by pushing a button. A wireless alert gives […]

Telecom Italia and Polymer Vision have reached an agreement to manufacture a rollable display device for the mobile market in 2007. The device uses the unique Polymer Vision rollable display technology which enables mobile devices to incorporate a display larger than the handset itself and offers a readability similar to printed paper. While smaller than […]