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Blu-meh: US HDTV owners aren't interested in new high definition disc players
A recently published NPD survey reveals that less than ten percent of US HDTV owners are planning on buying a Blu-ray disc player in the next six months.
Low-cost PC popularity forces Microsoft to revise its plans for Windows XP again
At the ongoing Computex tech show in Taipei, Microsoft has announced its decision to further extend the life of the Windows XP operating system for new low-cost desktop PCs. PC manufacturers will be allowed to keep selling XP – Home, not Professional – until 2010.
Police arrest former OiNK users
Six former OiNK users have been arrested by British Police over the past couple of weeks, all in connection with the up-loading of pre-release to the now defunct P2P music site.
HP and Microsoft make Live Search deal
Even when Microsoft is prepared to offer real cash money back to you for using its search engine, it seems that some people are having trouble making the right decisions. Not to worry though – Microsoft has a fool proof plan to ensure that every new PC user chooses Windows Live Search. The Redmond Giant has signed a deal with Hewlett-Packard to embed a Live Search toolbar on all new consumer PCs in North America from next year.
Facebook in fresh privacy row, Canadian students call for probe
Social networking site, Facebook, is coming under more pressure to change its policies protecting users’ personal information after a Canadian privacy group has called for the organisation’s practises to be investigated.
Denver alien footage hits internet!
Denver man, Ron Peckman caused a big stir over the weekend when a lack of anything even remotely exciting happening in the rest of the world saw his bid to form an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission rocket him to the height of news media fame.
Well, actually it was his claim to have genuine footage of an alien prowler that captured most people’s imagination, and of course, we want to see it for ourselves. And, errr, here it is!
Legit internet TV network hit by denial of service attack from anti-piracy company
Online media company Revision3 suffered a severe Denial of Service (DoS) attack over the weekend, which brought down the main site, the RSS server, and even its internal corporate email. Although DoS attacks far from uncommon in the modern internet era, the real mystery was who would actually want to close down Revision3. The answer proved pretty disturbing.
Aliens are real! Denver man has "visual confirmation", wants to form Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission
A Denver man is pushing city officials to create an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission following the discovery of a video tape that he claims shows an authentic, living, breathing, all-American space thingy…
Google Earth brings 3D mapping to browsers
Google has just announced the release of the Google Earth API and browser plug-in. Essentially it’s offering the same functionality as Google Maps, but with the added excitement of being 3D. It hasn’t exactly led to a huge graphical improvement yet though.
Facebook turns open-source in defence against MySpace
Facebook has confirmed that it is preparing to open up its platform to make life easier on third-party developers creating applications. Its announcement follows a flood of similar ones from other companies, including rival MySpace, which joined the Google-founded OpenSocial open source standards initiative.
