As regular readers know, we here at El Reg have had hours of fun playing with Google Earth. We’ve found marauding insects, mysterious scale reproductions of bits of the China/India border, not to mention swastikas and black helicopters too numerous to link to. But never have we used it to track down fields of homegrown. […]

Just as it’s not enough to have simple, ordinary speakers for your iPod, it’s no longer cool to have an ordinary headset and speakers for making your Internet calls. No, you need to have a gadget - and if that doubles up as a mouse as well, so much the better! And if it’s a […]

According to a recent survey by CareerBuilder.com, one in four managers (at least in the US) check out future employees by searching online. And 51% of them said they chose not to hire someone because of what they found. They were then asked what kinds of information they found online that caused them to rule […]

Corel’s WinZip Computing division launched WinZip 11.0 beta, a test of the latest version of its popular zip-and-unzip software. New features include the ability to open BZ2 and RAR files, higher-quality compression for WAV sound files, and a new interface resembling Windows Explorer. WinZip was a property of Vector Capital Group until parent company Corel’s […]

Miglia have released the TVDuo: their first dual digital TV tuner for the Mac so at last it’s possible to record two programmes at once, or watch one whilst recording another. As with previous single-tuner models, it’s powered via USB, and comes with two mini antennae, a remote control, USB cable, and CD with Elgato’s […]

The business portal Forbes.com has released a list of ten activities that it believes are the most dangerous things you can do online. The ten no-nos are: 1. Opening email attachments from unknown senders 2. Installing unauthorised applications 3. Turning off automated security tools 4. Opening HTML or plain text email messages from unknown senders 5. Surfing gambling and porn […]

Reacting to the blow that came as two major credit card companies halted payment processing for its controversial music download store, Russia-based AllofMP3.com called the actions “arbitrary, capricious and discriminatory,” adding that it may seek legal recourse to reverse the decisions. The site sells albums for about $2 each, and claims to be legal under […]

Google’s YouTube video-sharing service has deleted close to 30,000 videos after a Japanese copyright society said they were posted without permission, the Associated Press reported. Among the items removed were clips from TV shows, music videos and movies from 23 Japanese companies, Fumiyuki Asakura, an official from the Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers […]

According to a study, 90% of the six billion people on this planet will have mobile phone coverage by 2010. The study was done by the GSM Association, saying the current coverage will be up from 80 percent. Despite having 80 percent mobile phone coverage, only 40 percent of the global population have access to […]

Ever needed a cap that can hold your iPod Nano? iSoundCap is about to sell a new cap designed to hold the iPod Nano on the cap itself! The cap has a small pouch to hold the iPod Nano securely and a wire spool that keeps the wires in a neat bundle. It is compatible […]

Linksys launched its new Wireless-N Router Gigabit Router with Storage Link. The WRT350N Wireless-N Gigabit Router can provide up to four times the range and 12 times the throughput of standard Wireless-G according to Linksys. Wireless-N is known as draft 802.11n since it has not been finalized by the IEEE. The WRT350N is backwards compatible […]

A.M. ET Digital media software maker Sonic Solutions and copyright protection software maker Macrovision Corp. said Monday they struck a licensing deal to create technology for the custom manufacturing of secure DVDs. Macrovision’s RipGuard and ACP technologies will be integrated into Sonic’s DVD On Demand technology. It will allow content encrypted with the industry-standard content […]

This is Microsoft’s first major upgrade to its Web browser since 2001, adding more security, stronger features, and easier to use. Some new features include: new interface, RSS Feeds, Phishing Filter, Advanced printing, Protected Mode, Tabbed web browsing, PNG support, page zoom and much more! Although the Laptop Logic Team has been using for a […]

With Office 2007 nearing completion, Microsoft is seeding the fields with new tools to encourage ISVs to develop around the Office platform. The packs are part of a strategy that Microsoft calls Office Business Applications (OBAs), which urges third-party developers to make back-end enterprise applications like financial and CRM systems available to users through the […]

Sony Ericsson on Thursday introduced a Bluetooth-enabled wristwatch that connects wirelessly with a mobile phone, and can display caller ID and new text message alerts, as well as control the music functions of a music phone. Developed in collaboration with watchmaker Fossil, the Sony Ericsson MBW-100 will go on sale in the fourth quarter for […]