Sony offers emulation reassurance

Sony has provided a list of all PlayStation 2 games that will work on its PlayStation 3 console in Europe. The machine launches in the continent on Friday and will be able to play more than 1,700 games designed for the PS2 more...

Met Police can midnight PS3 launch

Anyone hoping to queue up for a PS3 at midnight on 23 March will have to wait until daylight thanks to the Metropolitan Police. Apparently PC Plod has told several shops on Oxford Street not to throw open their doors for customers eager to get their hands on the latest next gen console over fears they'll get mugged more...

MySpace Enters Politics

MySpace launched a U.S. presidential campaign site Monday, and it has the potential of reaching millions of people who don't otherwise go to political Web sites, one analyst said. MySpace, a division of Fox Interactive Media Inc., launched MySpace Impact, featuring MySpace pages for 2008 presidential candidates more...

GPS navigation plan to help blind

An Italian technology company is pioneering a GPS satellite system that will give blind people greater independence and mobility. The Easy Walk service has been developed by Il Village, a firm in Turin in northern Italy more...

Key PS3 titles to miss launch

The European Launch of the Playstation 3 has been marred by many set backs, including a considerable four-month delay over the arrival of US and Japanese systems. Now it seems European punters expecting a plethora of high quality games will have to wait even further, as the launch will incur a considerable dirth of titles from the likes of Ubisoft and Vivendi Games more...

Virtual worlds are 'worth $1bn'

Millions of people are flocking to inhabit virtual online worlds, says research by analysts Screen Digest. The market for massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) in the West is now worth more than $1bn (£511m) more...

Open IPTV Forum formed to set standards

A number of companies have come together to form a consortium to develop an end-to-end specification for the delivery of internet protocol television services. They include network infrastructure providers Ericsson and Siemens Networks, consumer electronics companies Panasonic, Philips, Samsung and Sony, as well as operators AT&T, France Telecom and Telecom Italia more...

The nuisance is mobile

There is no more anyone needs to know about the strange hybrid of medieval and futuristic that is the British government's technology policy than to stand in the entrance of a major NHS hospital, wearing only a flimsy knee-length gown and whispering a snatched conversation with a friend on a mobile phone more...

Game on for Sony's giant PS3 gamble

It is the most eagerly anticipated product launch since the last one. One second after midnight on Friday morning, a crowd is expected to surge to the tills on London's Oxford Street in the scramble to get their hands on the latest video games console, Sony's PlayStation 3 more...

Security threats are starting to merge

The purveryors of malware are becoming increasingly well-organised and financed, according to vendor Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report. In the past e-criminals made money from selling code, estiablishing botnets, or spamming, but gangs are now performing all three functions themselves to provide more co-ordianated attacks more...

Supercomputer aims to cut energy costs

A green supercomputer has been launched today which has been designed to deliver higher computational performance using 10 times less power. The supercomputer, known as Maxwell and built by the University of Edinburgh, uses Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) as an alternative to conventional microprocessors for real world industrial applications more...

'Surge' in hijacked PC networks

The number of computers hijacked by malicious hackers to send out spam and viruses has grown almost 30% in the last year, according to a survey. More than six million computers world wide are now part of a "bot network", reported security firm Symantec more...

Digital divide grows for older Britons as others connect to new media

Mobile phones, the internet and digital televisions are increasingly transforming the lives of many British people - but also leaving millions of others stranded on the other side of the digital divide, a report said on Thursday more...

TV to come through mains supply

Soon you could be piping digital TV around your home via power sockets. At the Cebit technology fair, German hi-tech firm Devolo is showing off home networking technology that can handle signals from a set top box more...

Vehicle warning system trialled

Vehicles may soon be swapping information about road conditions to warn drivers about jams and dangers. A German research project on show at hi-tech trade fair Cebit envisions a peer-to-peer network for vehicles on a road passing data back and forth more...

Mobile targets the 50+ generation

A mobile phone with a built-in emergency button has been produced for elderly and older people. The Life phone is aimed at those aged 50-plus who do not want a handset crammed with every possible feature more...