Sound and vision

If you are looking for a little extra something when playing back your favourite MP3 files then Samsung may have the MP3 player for you. The South Korean company has updated its popular Yepp MP3 player with a 2-inch colour LCD panel which can playback a series of still images. The panel has a resolution of 280 by 220 pixels and it is planned that the listener/viewer will be able to watch static images of the performer and see the lyrics of the song you are listening to. ...more

US and China prepare for cyber war

Diplomatic relations between America and China might have cooled recently after the recent spy plane incident, but this hasn't stopped a cyber war between the countries' respective hackers brewing. Chinese hackers have promised to launch a week long cyber attack on US-based networks and sites, starting on 1 May. Of course this action isn't going to be ignored by American hackers who have been claiming that hundreds of Chinese sites have already been targeted. ...more

IBM,HP, Sun, Intel to promote grid computing

Several of the world's largest server manufacturers are joining together to develop better technologies to build grid networks. Formed out of the Globus Alliance, the Globus Consortium will seek to apply the principles of grid computng to the commercial world. The companies so far named as part of the Consortium are IBM, Sun, Hewlett Packard and Intel. ...more

ICANN votes down .xxx domain

The body governing the top level domains of the Internet ICANN has rejected the proposal for an .xxx top level domain. The Board of Directors voted 9-5 against the proposal from the ICM Registry - a Florida based company set up for the purpose of lobbying for the domain. ...more

From CD-to-paper with new Sony printers

Photo printing straight from a CD is the premise of a new Sony model. The DPP-SV88 features a CD-RW drive and there's also a Memory Stick drive for the transfer of digital images. Employing Sony's dye-sublimation technology, the unit can create 3. ...more