Technology

Looks like a probe has been launched into a rumoured attempt by MS and Time Warner to acquire a digital copyright company, ContentGuard. Seemingly the division of the acquisition is set to be 50/50 but the probe was launched on speculation that this takeover might allow MS to gain substantial weight and dominance in the… Read More »Time for MS to Stop Copiers

It had to happen at some stage. The first virus to target Pocket PC has just been detected. Codenamed “Duts” it was wirtten by the same people that brought you the mobile phone virus of recent times (probing symbian OS’s). Supposedly the virus is only proof of concept but should it turn nasty and spread… Read More »Virus in your Pocket

Intel are set to slash P4 prices. Could this mean that Dell will produce even cheaper machines? It will be interesting to see what effect this price drop has on the AMD market also. source: The Register

Out of date news (not sure how I missed it). Last month researchers in the US and Austria made a breakthrough in the teleportation of atoms. Finally we have the hope of being able to wake 1 minute before work and still be there on time. Read on… source: BBC NEWS

Looks like SUN have nabbed the desktop contract for AIB according to this latest news release. Their Java Desktop System is set to take over the desks at AIB. Does this mean more stable code? Less software bugs? More control over employees actions? Let’s hope so… source: The Register

Sony have done the technological equivalent of sticking a cd onto the back of a DVD, well done lads. This engineering achievement is set to address the issue of backwards comaptibility of DVDs. OK, but surely this only serves audio and wouldn’t Sony’s money have been better spent upgrading existing Hi-Fi, etc with existing technology… Read More »Is it a CD? is it a DVD? It’s DualDisc…

Thanks to Andrew B for this link to a new device that really blows all other hadnhelds out of the water. A new mobile device that runs Windows XP with a 1GHz processor and full USB & FireWire capabilities. Due out this Autumn for a price of less than US$2000 this could be the end… Read More »Power to the Pocket

The “computer is the network”, “the network is the storage”, “the thigh bone is connected to the knee bone” and so on. Some of these phrases have been associated with Sun throughout the years and like all good computer companies their focus has shifted with time. These days Sun are appearing to move back to… Read More »W is for Workstation

Some months ago I rambled on about software patents and the very bad potential effects of such. The debate faded into the background for a while but never disappeared. Now it seems as though for the second time in a short space of time; the Irish presidency of the EU is foregoing in the opinion… Read More »OpenSource in Danger

MS vs Google? Google vs MS? One’s huge and the other’s massive; this competition will be a battle of the really big guns. The fight for search supremacy is about to begin. Memories of a browser called Navigator come to mind… Thanks to jmcc for the link. source: CNN.com