iPhone 'coming soon'

Business 2.0 has included an Apple phone amongst its predictions for 2004. The website writes that, 'a sleek, beautiful cell phone that doubles as a digital-music player is coming soon from Apple's iPod division . ...more

Crossword-solving system strikes a blow for AI

A crossword-solving computer program has struck another blow for artificial intelligence by beating all 25 humans in completing two English-language puzzles and one Italian and English bilingual puzzle in a competition in Italy. Two different versions of the WebCrow software competed - one running from its 'home' machine at the University of Siena and a streamlined version installed on a lesser computer at the competition venue - and they took first and second place in the competition to finish the three non-cryptic puzzles in the quickest time. 'It exceeded our expectations because there were around 15 Americans in the competition,' Marco Ernandes, who created WebCrow along with Giovanni Angelini and Marco Gori told New Scientist said. ...more

European e-commerce complaints leap by 75 per cent

Complaints about products bought abroad via the Internet leapt by 75 per cent across Europe last year. Almost half of the complaints related to non-delivery of goods, with 38 per cent concerning goods that do not arrive at all. The second largest number of complaints related either to goods being defective or not what was expected when they were ordered. ...more

LaCie introduces wide-gamut 25in LCD display

LaCie has announced its first widescreen, wide-gamut LCD, targeted at digital photography, prepress, CAD, video editing and creative design markets. The LaCie 526 monitor has a 25.5in, 16:10 panel with a 1920x1200 resolution capable of displaying two A4 pages at full size with room to spare. ...more

Dusting down Dot Museum

Get ready for .museum domain names. Another of the seven new Top Level Domains that were sanctioned last year, is set to emerge. ...more