How many to offset a Chinese power station WD has greened up its freshly minted 2TB SATA drive by focussing on reducing power consumption.… Full published article at: Read More »

'Something surreal about the entire concept of this complaint' A trade group representing tech firms including Oracle, eBay and Microsoft has unsurprisingly thrown its support behind the Redmond firm in its current antitrust spat with the European Commission.… Full published article at: Read More »

Thought 720p output from a PMP was impressive? Try 1080i on for size. Yes, Cube has seemingly one-upped itself, introducing a new PMP called the H100HD that, like its predecessor, sports a 5-inch LCD and support for a variety of video and audio formats, but adds in an FM tuner, support for simple Flash games, and another step up the HD resolution ladder, all in a package that's a bit more svelte than before. And yes, it still does 720p output for those progressive types. No information on price yet, but since the last one sold...Read More »

Like many things in life, the whirrs and noises of old computers that were formerly annoying now inspire a nostalgic sense of retro glee -- the bleating of a fax modem, the blatting of a large-format dot-matrix printer. It's this sort of nostalgia that inspires some users to make them sing, like a YouTuber going by the handle of bd594 who orchestrated a collection of outdated gear to emit the soulful strings of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. It starts with an HP ScanJet 3C playing the part of Freddie Mercury, then an Atari 800XL makes the organ...Read More »

It hit number 88 in T3's Hot 100 Gadgets and clocked up reasonable sales around the world, but that's not been enough to save Pleo from extinction. Sadly, everyone's favourite intelligent robotic dinosaur has been a victim of the recession, with Ugobe (the company behind it) filing for bankruptcy, sacking all of its workers in the process. That's despite the Ugobe selling over 100,000 Pleos in the last 12 months, each commanding a price tag of $350, adding up to a whopping $35,000,000 of revenue. OK, costs will be hacked out of that hefty income, but it's still...Read More »

Angelica Mari, Computing, Tuesday 21 April 2009 at 12:46:00 IT migration of the retailer’s financial services arm is a major focus area, according to latest financial results Retail giant Tesco is working on the technology migration of its recently-acquired financial services arm ahead of plans to become a " full-service retail bank". The firm acquired the 50 per cent stake in Tesco Personal Finance (TPF) previously owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland, for nearly £1bn in December. A new team, composed of Tesco staff and financial services professionals, has been appointed to support the goal...Read More »

Angelica Mari, Computing, Tuesday 21 April 2009 at 12:41:00 Call for tax breaks towards investment in training, says research The majority of IT leaders feel tax breaks should be provided for investment in skilling their staff, according to research by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). According to the survey, which covered 811 CMI members, 78 per cent of IT managers think the government should support workforce skills development as they are no longer able to support it themselves. Technology managers recognise that reduction of resources devoted to skills development will affect the business, says the survey,...Read More »

In one of the more unexpected developments from NAB 2009, Qtv is pushing its streaming media player platform for consoles. Not an altogether radical idea we know, but what's different here is a plan to launch first on the PlayStation 2 and move to newer hardware later. From the makers of the Qcast technology behind the GameShark Media Player, Qtv includes YouTube and access to streaming video from other sources, plus pictures, music and video (DivX, h.264, XviD & more) from USB devices or networked computers. The PS2 may not be the first...Read More »

Set-top speculation spiked Motorola has denied putting Google's Android onto a set-top box, pointing out that their "au" box is still running their own proprietary OS, despite reports to the contrary.… Full published article at: Read More »

Reform needed to avoid regulation, Prof finds A major review of Nominet's governance has asked members to consider whether it should give up its not-for-profit status.… Full published article at: Read More »