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F1 designer unveils electric car

An electric car created by ex-McLaren Formula One designer Gordon Murray has been unveiled. Three prototypes of the T.27 model will be developed over the next 16 months. The manufacturing process, called iStream, has received £9m of investment, half of which came from the government’s Technology Strategy Board. iStream plants can be just one fifth [...]

Nov 5 2009 | Posted in Green Tech,Science,Tech News,Technology | Read More »

Intel in threats and bribery suit

Intel is facing a federal lawsuit that accuses it of using “illegal threats” to dominate microchip sales. The New York attorney general accuses Intel of using “bribery and coercion” to make computer manufacturers buy its chips instead of those from its rivals. Andrew Cuomo said the anti-competition federal lawsuit follows an investigation lasting almost two [...]

Nov 4 2009 | Posted in Computing,Hardware,Tech News,Technology | Read More »

SonyEricsson debuts Android phone

Handset maker SonyEricsson has unveiled its first phone built around Google’s Android operating system. The Xperia X10 has an eight megapixel camera, touch screen, GPS and can use apps from the Android Market or SonyEricsson’s Play Now Arena. The X10, known as Rachel while under development, will go on sale early in the first quarter [...]

Nov 3 2009 | Posted in Communications,Green Tech,Mobile Tech,Tech News,Technology | Read More »

Video gamers face malware deluge

Players of online games are increasingly becoming the target of virus writers, reveals research. More and more malicious programs are being written to steal the login credentials of popular online games. The Microsoft research revealed a family of malicious programs aimed at titles such as Lineage, World of Warcraft, Maple Story and many others. Hijacked [...]

Nov 2 2009 | Posted in Gaming,Internet,Tech News | Read More »

Net pirates to be ‘disconnected’

The UK government has been laying out some of the ways it intends to pursue persistent net pirates. It comes as Lord Mandelson confirmed that he would introduce tough measures against illegal file-sharers. Initially pirates could have download caps imposed or have their bandwidth restricted. If that did not prove effective in reducing illegal file-sharing, [...]

Oct 28 2009 | Posted in Cybersecurity,Internet,Privacy,Security,Tech News,Technology | Read More »

End of an era for early websites

A service that gave many people their first taste of building and owning a web page is set to close. Yahoo-owned GeoCities once boasted millions of users and was the third most popular destination on the web. The free site has since fallen out of fashion with users, who have switched to social networks. [...]

Oct 26 2009 | Posted in Internet,Search Tech,Technology | Read More »

BBC Trust turns down iPlayer plan

A BBC plan to share the use of its iPlayer technology with other broadcasters has been rejected by the BBC Trust. The Trust said it “supported the principle of sharing the iPlayer more widely” but said the plans would not deliver value to licence-fee payers. It also said the proposals, involving both commercial and public [...]

Oct 20 2009 | Posted in Internet,Tech News,Technology | Read More »

Millions tricked by ‘scareware’

Online criminals are making millions of pounds by convincing computer users to download fake anti-virus software, internet security experts claim. Symantec says more than 40 million people have fallen victim to the “scareware” scam in the past 12 months. The download is usually harmful and criminals can sometimes use it to get the victim’s credit [...]

Oct 19 2009 | Posted in Cybersecurity,Internet,Privacy,Security,Technology | Read More »

Laptop for every pupil in Uruguay

Uruguay has become the first country to provide a laptop for every child attending state primary school. President Tabaré Vázquez presented the final XO model laptops to pupils at a school in Montevideo on 13 October. Over the last two years 362,000 pupils and 18,000 teachers have been involved in the scheme. The “Plan Ceibal” [...]

Oct 16 2009 | Posted in Home Tech,Tech News,Technology | Read More »

Battle of the smartphones begins

Smartphones are going mass market, fuelled by the public’s “insatiable appetite” for social media, analysts say. They predict an explosion in sales alongside price falls for smart handsets next year. It comes in a week which sees the launch of Blackberry’s latest handset, the Storm 2. Meanwhile the Palm Pre, dubbed an “iPhone killer” finally [...]

Oct 15 2009 | Posted in Communications,Internet,Mobile Tech,Tech News,Technology | Read More »