Internet's oldest star retires

The world's oldest Internet star isn't some Texan porn queen, but a humble coffee pot located in Cambridge University. A web camera has been trained on this bearer of beverages for a decade and now the site is closing down. Computer scientists at the university were so sick of climbing the stairs to get a cup of coffee only to find the pot empty that they decided to install a web camera, build a web site and stop any wasted journeys. ...more

PC Pro Labs: Spec upgrade for Labs Recommended award winner

PC Pro readers should be aware that there have been a couple of changes to the specification of the Mesh Matrix 2500+Xi, which is a Labs Recommended award winner in this month's magazine. The machine features in the ?699 PCs group test of the new September PC Pro (issue 107). The change relates to the optical drives, which have been upgraded to Sony units. ...more

CinemaNow joins the download-to-DVD rush

CinemaNow has launched download-to-DVD movies, following Movielink which announced a similar service earlier this week. The new service lets CinemaNow's US customers download copy protected (DRM-restricted) movies and other video content and burn it to DVD for playback in a standard DVD player. At launch, content will be available from Buena Vista, Lionsgate, MGM, Sony Pictures, Universal Studios, EagleVision and Sundance Channel. ...more

Apple updates RAID storage, software

Apple has increased the amount of storage available in its Xserve RAId system. The 10.5TB capacity comprises 14 750GB Ultra ATA drives as a build to order option and costs an additional ?1,260 (inc. ...more

UK leads the rest of Europe over Net access

Over thirty per cent of the population is connected. New figures released by researcher NetValue report that an impressive 31 per cent of the UK population is connected to the Internet - this represents around 7.3 million households. ...more