Author: Will Head
Google not scared by Viacom $1bn lawsuit
Google has submitted its response to the $1bn lawsuit Viacom filed against it earlier in the year for "massive intentional copyright infringement" because Viacom owned material appeared prominently on YouTube. The search company largely denied the claims made by Viacom…
Be careful what you share online, lesson 436
Will Head writes… You know that REALLY funny picture you posted on your MySpace page – you know, the one where you're drunk, wearing very little and doing things you shouldn't with a traffic cone? You do know that might…
Review: iRiver S10 – stylish shuffle contender
The propaganda iRiver is muscling in on Apple's territory with its titchy S10 MP3 player. Measuring a mere 30x42x10.8mm the S10 is almost the same size as the shuffle, but where the latter just has a ring of control buttons,…
First iPhone camera images spotted online
Pictures claiming to have been taken on Apple's forthcoming iPhone have tipped up on the internet. The image, showing a man tucking into some jam on toast, was spotted by Mobile Guerilla, after constantly typing "taken with an apple iphone"…
Barbie gets web savvy
Mattel has announced a USB enabled Barbie doll that doubles as a music player and will be able to interact with a new virtual online world. The Barbie Girl doll features 512MB of memory – enough for 120 MP3…
iPods banned from exam rooms…
Will Head writes… A school in Mountain View has taken the step of banning students from using iPods during exams in case they use them to cheat. This move comes off the back of banning caps and mobile phones -…
Review: Fujifilm Z5fd – colourful, compact camera
The propaganda Fujifilm's Z5fd is a compact little snapper available in a range of colours – alongside the standard silver you'll find mocha brown and raspberry red, although the latter is almost verging on pink. The 'fd' in its moniker…
Vista makes Bill even richer
It's a good day to be Bill Gates – all that hassle to get Windows Vista out the door has finally paid off with Microsoft announcing record profits. Revenue for the first quarter of the year came in at $14.40…
Return of the floppy drive
You'll have to hunt really, really hard to find a new computer with a floppy drive these days. After all, with flash drives rivalling the size of writable DVDs and generous email quotas, no one would want to resort to…
Don't drink and surf
Will Head writes… We've all done it – sat down in front of a PC, glass of wine in hand, merrily surfing away. Maybe visited a forum here, a discussion there – perhaps the odd bit of instant messaging in…
