Tech

1. Search engine takes on web bombers
GOOGLE is planning to put an end to the activity of hackers and pranksters who are manipulating the search engine's results so that it is showing incorrect results, e.g. bringing up a link to the home page of the US President for a "miserable failure" search.
Date of addition: 01/30/2007

2. Microsoft finally launches new operating system
After more then five years of development Microsoft has finally put it's latest operating system Windows Vista available on the market. It is now on sale in 70 countries.
Date of addition: 01/30/2007

3. Microwave 'sterilisers' warning
Last studies showed that putting for example a kitchen sponge to a microwave for 2 minutes can kill 99% of harmful bacteria in it. But firefighters are warning that it can cause real fire. Read more ...
Date of addition: 01/25/2007

4. Critics already calling in their iPhone complaints
So, you thought you wanted an IPhone. So attractive, so neat, so thin, so easy to use, so darned IPod-like. It sings, it dances, it gathers e-mail, it sends messages, it makes phone calls. And it's aimed at soccer moms, a largely untapped market for smart phones.
Date of addition: 01/24/2007

5. Looking At Microsoft's New Vista
Microsoft is planning to ship its consumer versions of Vista the latest iteration of Microsoft Windows on Tuesday, Jan. 30. But now we can have a little better look at this new operational system.
Date of addition: 01/24/2007

6. LG rebrands smartphone to beat iPhone to market
LG Electronics Inc will release a Prada-branded version of its KE850 touch-screen smartphone. The main purpose of this rebranding is to counter Apple's Inc iPhone on the market.
Date of addition: 01/22/2007

7. Will the real iPhone please stand up?
Everyone now knows about new iPhone, but it will appear in the US shops only in five months. Meanwhile fashion designer Prada and LG Electronics announced on Thursday The Prada Phone (LG KE850) what they call the world's first completely touch-screen mobile phone to come to market.
Date of addition: 01/19/2007

8. Is iPhone Apple's greatest triumph or last hurrah?
Not many want to believe that a company of the stature of Apple led by a computer industry pioneer like Jobs could be the subject of a criminal investigation over its corporate governance practices. Read more ...
Date of addition: 01/18/2007

9. Apple's Lawyers Target iPhone Copycats
Although Apple's iPhone won't hit the stores for a few months, some eager fans already have smartphones that look exactly like the user interface CEO Steve Jobs showed the world last week. Apple is taking action against any firm producing iPhone "skins." The company sent a letter to one such firm, MoDaCo, claiming that the iPhone icons and screenshot are copyrighted by Apple.
Date of addition: 01/16/2007

10. Sony hits PS3 shipment milestone
Domestic shipments of Sony's new PlayStation 3 game console reached 1m today, giving the troubled firm cause for optimism amid signs that it has lost the first round of the battle of the new-generation consoles to its rival, Nintendo.
Date of addition: 01/16/2007