Technology on standby significant contributor to global warming
Did you shut your PC down before you left work on Friday night? A recent PC Energy Report has shown that one in five white-collar workers left their work computer on overnight at least three times a week. That's around…
Paid to Digg? IMO the service sucks (on so many levels)
Do you like Digg? Do you like money? Do you like ripping off genuine users and sites to help promote crap paid-for-submission sites? You do? Then the Digg Submitter is for you! Get paid 10 cents via PayPal every time…
Roadstar LCD TV Boombox with music and DVD playback
For me, the term "Boombox" doesn’t really apply to anything apart from the old school Brixton briefcase – the monster sound systems with an output that could damage brickwork. This Roadstar 5 in 1 TV Boombox isn’t that -…
Not just youth on MySpace: half are over 35
Analysis of US traffic to MySpace suggests that the perception of the social networking site being the near-exclusive domain of teenagers is false. Around half of its users are aged over 35, with only 30% under 25 and just 12%…
Friday interview: dotMobi's Neil Edwards slams the critics of the .mobi domains
The world of domain names has seen its fair share of controversy, and one of the hottest recent debates concerns the new .mobi domain, which covers mobile internet sites. It's run by mobile Top Level Domain Ltd (mTLD, or…
Gestalt: Online inkblot game could boost creativity
Getty Images has put a game online called 'Gestalt' which has been designed to boost creativity by revealing pictures based on Rorschach inkblot therapy. Not only that but there's a chance to win a daily $1000 or some fantasy experiences…
Bose release new Acoustic Wave music system
Bose has updated its Acoustic Wave system with the release of system II which it claims brings music even closer the sound of a live performance. The original won awards for being a breakthrough in audio reproduction, and this new…
Google to buy YouTube: or how to do a really good Internet rumour
TechCrunch have started a rumour (OK, solid news based on something someone said somewhere) which I found via Tech's Message: namely that Google could be gearing up to buy YouTube. Now, apart from the obvious traffic that this generates for…
New browser history exploit could expose user data
A possible new privacy threat has been discovered in the way that web browsers store their history. Researchers at Spi Dynamics claim to have found a way for a website to use a piece of Javascript code to detect a…
Online gaming: Women outnumber the men
A survey by Nielsen shows that of the 117 million active gamers in the US, 56% play games online, and of those, 64% are women. Active gamers were determined as being over 13, having at least one games device, and…