PS3 launch price is no fun for UK gamers

The palpable sigh of relief emanating from the games industry last week when Sony finally announced that the PlayStation 3 will reach the UK on March 23 was swiftly drowned by howls of outrage from consumers regarding the next-gen console's RRP of £425 more...

A clear view of the future

Invisible electronics sound like science fiction - but developers are already working on them more...

Flickr to require Yahoo usernames

Users of the popular photo-sharing site Flickr are upset with the announcement that customers must use Yahoo IDs to log-in from 15 March more...

What does 'unlimited' mean?

When it comes to broadband, it almost certainly doesn't mean what you think it does. As SA Mathieson reports, ISPs are increasingly managing how customers connect more...

Phishing overtakes spam for the first time

For the first time the proportion of phishing attacks has exceeded the number of threats from virus or Trojan attacks, according to MessageLabs more...

Ads help Google profits triple

Internet search engine Google said its ability to cash in on web advertising had helped its profits almost triple more...

On-demand threatens TV shake-up

Plans to allow UK viewers to catch up with their favourite TV programmes have been put under the spotlight as the BBC Trust publishes its initial conclusions on the corporations' proposals for so-called on-demand services more...

Green IT: fact or fiction?

Dell and HP both claim to be leading the way in Green IT, but there is some difficulty in making sense of the initiatives, according to analyst Butler Group more...

BBC Trust approves download plans

TV shows like Doctor Who are expected to be available for download later this year after the BBC Trust gave initial approval to the BBC's on-demand plans more...

Sony CD row compensation agreed

Record label Sony BMG is to reimburse consumers up to $150 (£76) for damage to computers caused by CDs with hidden anti-piracy software more...

Vista is 'more secure' says Gates

Windows Vista is "dramatically more secure than any other operating system released", Microsoft founder Bill Gates has told BBC News more...

PC World says farewell to floppy

The time has come to bid farewell to one of the PC's more stalwart friends - the floppy disk more...

Video sharing site boosts content delivery

Online video sharing site Metacafe has selected a new content delivery network to cope with a surge in internet traffic of more than 500 per cent last year more...

UK wastes £1bn on printing

More than £1bn a year is wasted across UK government and industry through inefficient business printing, according to an economic impact study released by OKI Printing Solutions more...

Microsoft starts Vista hard sell

Microsoft is launching its latest version of Windows, called Vista, with more than 100m computers predicted to be using it worldwide within 12 months more...

Internet giants bow to human rights protests

Campaigners for freedom of speech on the internet have hailed a major breakthrough after Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! agreed to join a working group to draw up a code of conduct for protecting human rights online more...

Mobile internet use 'increasing'

Mobile phone users in the UK accessed the internet via their handsets about 15.9 million times throughout December 2006, says the Mobile Data Association more...

Game unit losses hit Sony profits

Japanese electronics giant Sony has unveiled 5.3% a drop in profits, blaming huge losses at its game unit more...

Channel 4 links up with PlayStation to offer Big Brother on the move

Channel 4 is to deliver programming through Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) consoles connected to wireless “hot spots” in a move designed to target viewers on the move more...

Bill Gates says internet will revolutionise television

The internet will revolutionise television within five years. That was the prediction of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland more...

Future of science debate begins

The UK public is being invited to have its say on the future of science and technology. Sciencehorizons, a government funded programme, aims to get people discussing their hopes and fears for future technologies more...

Nielsen study says broadband extends television reach

A report from Nielsen Analytics says that television programmers and advertisers are finding new and more lucrative advertising opportunities with broadband video. Their research suggests that the use of broadband actually extends rather than erodes the reach of traditional television more...

Nintendo News Channel adds Wii spin to global coverage

Nintendo is launching a news channel on its latest games platform, backed by the international resources of the Associated Press. The free interactive service will allow users to navigate news stories using the innovative motion sensing remote control of the Wii games console more...

YouTubers to get ad money share

People who upload their own films to video-sharing website YouTube will soon get a share of the ad revenue more...

UK is still technology phobic

Over half (53 per cent) of Brits feel that modern technology has now become too complicated and could turn their back on technology, according to a report from online payment provider PayPal more...