Previous DayAn openning for google?
Talkback Microsoft's takeover of Yahoo isn't such a bad idea from Google's perspective: "We shouldn't have two of everything. It won't make sense to have two search services, two advertising services, two...
Business uses for Lord of the Rings AI software
Video The chief executive officer for Massive Software, the company that provided the AI software used in the fight scenes in the Lord of the Rings movies, discusses the robotics and business...
Data-centre power usage phones home
Video Ronald Timmermans from Methode Schleifenbauer explains how to measure power consumption throughout a data centre
The best photo galleries from CeBIT 2008
Roundup Cool gadgets, cold cryogenics, technology for the ultimate road warrior, and even data centres made from recycled materials — CeBIT had it all this year
Control software with brainwave patterns
Video University of Bremen researchers demonstrate technology that reads brainwaves to control software
The best video from CeBIT 2008
Roundup CeBIT's 30-plus exhibition halls were packed with technology this year; we capture the best of it on video, from software controlled by brainwaves to a robot based on the same AI engine that drove...
Interacting with your PC in mid-air
Video Wolfgang Reiner from the Fraunhofer Institute shows how to move a cursor and manipulate images by pointing at them from metres away
Microsoft sets out latest tools for web developers
News Microsoft has used its MIX08 event in Las Vegas to announce beta releases of web tools including Internet Explorer 8, Silverlight 2 and Expression Studio 2 products
The monitor that's serious about sleep
Video Dr Wolfgang Haid from Fujitsu Siemens demonstrates a monitor that uses no electricity at all when in standby mode
Microsoft does do some good stuff
Talkback To be fair, Windows Server 2008 seems a solid OS, once you shave off the thick matted fur of the marketing, and there's a good chance that Worldwide Telescope will be good (as there is for the...
Biometrics technology that can read emotions
Video The Fraunhofer Institute's intelligent-systems manager gives a demonstration of technology that can read a face and gauge whether a person is happy, sad, or angry
Gates falls from top of world's rich list
News The drop in the value of Microsoft shares after Yahoo rejected its bid has seen Bill Gates fall to third place in global wealth rankings
How the Eee PC beat even Asus's expectations
Video Steven Tien, director of market development at Asus, talks about the success of the Eee PC and the implications for the new model when Microsoft discontinues Windows XP in the summer
Vista - Is It Some Sort of Drug?
Blog The strangest thing has happened. I have known since the Vista disk in my Lifebook S6510 got corrupted and wouldn't boot that I would have to reload it before SP1 comes out. Last night I decided...
UK gambling company warns of DDoS-attack risk
News Gala Coral has warned that all commercial websites are at risk from a next-generation distributed denial-of-service attack
The individual approach to cooler servers
Video Marc Siggelkow of Brach and Moll shows off a cooling unit that wraps servers in their own environment to cut energy consumption
RE:What Women Want (to Ask.com)
Blog Comment Harpless - Carlton and Granada's respective online investment strategies make for jaw dropping reading... In Ask Jeeves, they both invested real money and virtual cash via broadcast ad time on...
Ballmer is such a dreamer
Talkback Is it just me or has everything that Microsoft touched recently ended in disaster. Vista, EU Fines, HD-DVD, Yahoo they don't seem to be able to make a good decision to save their lives let alone...
Blu-ray mini-archive for small businesses unveiled
News The Blu-safe is aimed at companies that need raw media-based archiving for compliance purposes, but without the cost or size of jukebox-style archives
ID cards may be postponed until 2015
News Compulsory ID cards for all UK citizens may be delayed but passport applicants' details will go on the National Identity Register from 2011
The big CeBIT patent bust
Blog We've been raided, apparently. It seems that 180 cops have visited 51 CeBIT stands that had allegedly patent-infringing products on show, and carted away 68 boxes of various gadgetry. No-one's...
Thumbs-up for Windows Media Player
Video At CeBIT, Dr Frank Klefenz from the Fraunhofer Institute demonstrates how finger gesture filmed on a webcam can control Windows Media Player
Collaborating on green IT
Video Barbara Grimes of the Climate Savers Computing initiative explains how the high-level group hopes to make computing greener
Ultimate road-warrior tech at CeBIT
Help/HowTo We've spent the week walking the 30-plus halls at CeBIT to pick out the best pieces of kit for the serious road warrior — whether your need is small, light and cheap or a bit more esoteric, there...
RE:More hot news from xG!
Blog Comment The question is: How long can they keep this up before xG goes the way of iDigi, and Bobier et al. move on to their next "venture". The total failure of xG to counter their critics' assessments...
OLPC on hunt for chief exec
News One Laptop per Child founder Nicholas Negroponte hopes installing a chief executive can help make the organisation 'more like Microsoft'
SME associations call for EC-funded IT training
News At CeBIT, two European small-business associations have said more e-skills funding from the European Commission is needed for SMEs to remain competitive
Why is it good to work at KPMG?
Blog The Today programme this morning reveals that consultants KPMG will top this year's Sunday Times list of the best companies in Britain to work for. The Sunday Times says the key factor is...
Tories attack government policy on cybercrime
News Shadow home secretary David Davis has said government cybercrime policy shows a 'lack of clear leadership'
Internet Explorer 8 beta: a first look
Preview Can the latest version of Internet Explorer arrest its declining market share? We examine the first beta of IE8.
Apple Time Capsule
Video The Time Capsule's hybrid 802.11n wireless router/networked hard drive offers some powerful data-backup features for Mac owners, as well as Apple's typically pleasing design
