If you’re used to Google and nothing else, you might be in for a shock. Kartoo certainly isn’t the fastest or plainest SE available, as it’s constructed using Flash and displays results graphically. I’m still working out exactly how it works, but it appears to display links between web sites and allow you to add […]

Software giant says it will adhere to antitrust principles beyond end of agreement. Microsoft will commit to following the principles of its 2002 antitrust settlement with the U.S. government beyond its end in late 2007, and in some cases, the company will expand upon those requirements, a Microsoft executive said. Microsoft has a responsibility to […]

Microsoft has licensed 3D technology it developed in its research division to a provider of visual content-management software and hardware. “TouchLight” technology allows users to physically interact with 3D visual content by manipulating 3D images on a screen by hand. The company said it will use the technology as part of its commercial, automotive, aerospace […]

There’s nothing like sitting back and relaxing after a hard day with some of your favourite tunes. So why not do it wherever you are? You can if you pick up a Homedics MP3 cush - which massages you while you listen to your favourite tunes. It’s portable because this isn’t a massaging chair - it’s […]

Devices utilizing new blue laser technology, including HD DVD and Blu-ray DVD players and disc drives, and the PlayStation 3, are expected to generate $28 billion in sales in 2010, according to a report from Santa Clara Consulting Group (SCGG). In particular, the PlayStation 3 is expected to account for more than half of the […]

ZURICH, Switerzland (Reuters) — Switzerland’s financial capital of Zurich warned Internet users on Tuesday about the dangers of addiction to chat rooms and sex sites. The canton’s Department for the Prevention of Addiction has launched a poster campaign and offers a self-assessment questionnaire for potential addicts on its Web site. “Spending lots of time in […]

Observe any train carriage, bus, pavement, pub, burger bar, shop, someone will be texting or chatting or taking a photo. Brits are obsessed with their phones, to the extent that 90% said they couldn’t go a whole day without using their phone. Hour, more like. The mobile phone can also act as a deterrent: 54% of […]

The humble globe - for years the centre piece of many living rooms - and as near as many of us get to exotic locations. However, as this is 2006, a wooden globe doesn’t really cut it against the wealth of information you can pick up on the net, so how about this Smart Globe […]

Here’s a very interesting service that could save you a lot of time - and the cost of a fax machine. clicktoscan lets you use your camera phone as a scanner, taking in the contents of a document, then forwarding it to over to a friend or business contact. The beta version of the software is […]

UK cable giant ntl:Telewest have announced the launch of Britain’s first quad-play service, coming by September. Quad-play: that’s a digital TV, broadband, fixed-line phone and mobile phone package. Though it has the potential for ‘eggs in one basket’ worries, I’ve been pretty impressed with ntl:Telewest’s services and innovation to date, and this looks like it’ll […]

Yahoo have been conducting research amongst Brits using the Net and have calculated that nearly ten million travel purchases were made as a result of an Internet search during the three-month period December 2005 to February 2006. The study doesn’t really shed much light on what kinds of travel was being arranged, and some figures aren’t […]

Microsoft on Friday confirmed reports that the company is developing a portable music player and corresponding service, for release later this year, that will compete with market leader Apple’s iPod and iTunes Store. “Today we confirmed a new music and entertainment project called Zune,” Chris Stephenson, Microsoft’s general manager of marketing, told Billboard. “Under the […]

Hoping to enhance the multimedia experience for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, AOL said on Thursday that it has begun testing closed captions for streaming news content from CNN. The company said that it plans to make captioned CNN programming available throughout its network including the AOL service, the free AOL.com portal […]

Remember the good ‘ol days when that hundred-pound slab of text was the only way to beef up your vocabulary? Merriam Webster, a well-defined name in the business, has stuffed over 300,000 definitions and 500,000 synonyms onto a 256MB USB drive (with a couple hundred megs to spare, we understand). Aside from having the entire […]

XM Satellite Radio has asked a federal judge to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which targets new radios that can record XM broadcasts, the Associated Press reported. The record labels sued XM in May over the “Inno,” a new satellite radio that can record broadcasts and […]