Author: Chris Cornwell
AOL starts free mail service
AOL has just launched a free webmail service as part of the upgrade to AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). Although it’s been beta-ing for a while, good old AOL mail will now be available to Joe Public. Among the draws are…
TiVo officially on Windows Mobiles
Looks like TiVo is coming to a Windows Mobile device near you, with the announcement by TiVo, Intel and microsoft that the latest upgrade to the TivoToGo service would mean that people would be able to move TiVo media from…
Research shows illegal file sharing strong in Europe
This looks interesting: JupiterResearch has just published their "European Music Consumer Survey 2005". The survey shows that illegal file sharing networks continue to dominate digital music consumption over Europe, but also shows that demand exists for legal, paid services….
Bluetooth engineers scoop grand tech prize
A good day for Cambidge Silicon Radio with the news that a group of five of its engineers have been award the MacRobert award by the Royal Academy of Engineering. The group got the prestigious technology award (and £50,000) for…
DS smashing PSP in Japan
In a welcome piece of news, the Nintendo DS is continuing to outsell Sony's PSP both in terms of hardware and software in Japan, spiritual homeland of both consoles. PSP games are selling poorly with only four games in…
Apple dumping IBM for Intel
It appears that the rumours (reported earlier on Tech Digest) are true: Apple is expected to announce today that it is switching from long time chip supplier IBM to Intel. Insert pun about Apple thinking differently here. According to…
Sky goes mobile
Looks like Murdock's media empire will soon be invading a phone near you, with the announcement by BskyB today that it's launching a new mobile service. The service, shockingly called Sky Mobile, will allow access to news and video…
Seekport promotes new feature with iPod comp
Here's an interesting competition for you grammar geeks out there: Seekport, European search engine company, has seven iPods up for grabs. To get your mitts on one, you have to go over to the webbie and submit a homograph (that's…
Coldplay promoting album with Bluetooth
Coldplay are going bluetooth for the advertising of their latest album x & y. If you happen to be in one of the London mainline stations over the next little while, you may see some of the giant transvision screens…
Pac-man scores an entry in Guinness Book of records
At the celebration of Namco's fiftieth anniversary (makers of such games as the Soul Calibur and Tekken series), an official award ceremony was thrown for Pac-man's entry into the Guinness Book of Records as the most successful coin-op arcade machine…
