Adobe sets February date for Photoshop Lightroom

Adobe Systems has announced that Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 is expected to ship in the US and Canada mid-February 2007. Photoshop Lightroom is a digital photography studio that lets photographers import, manage and present large volumes of images. ...more

Apple issues new OS patch

Apple has issued a new update to OS X. The new point release 10.4. ...more

The Internet is electric

For those seeking a home networking system that doesn't involve either setting up a wireless LAN or running cables here, there and everywhere, using the already installed electrical cabling may provide an alternative. PhonexBroadband's NeverWire 14 Powerline Ethernet Bridge comprises two units. The first plugs in to the broadband modem and then into any electrical socket, transmitting the Internet signal to all the other sockets. ...more

Online shopping, the spending's just begun

According to an industry report, online retail is years from reaching saturation point and double-digit growth will be expected over the next several years. The survey by Forrester Research for Shop.org, the National Retail Federation's digital division, also showed that 2006 was the first year consumers in the US spent more money online buying clothing than buying computer equipment. ...more

Government to name and shame parents on CSA website

Parents who fail to make child maintenance payments could find themselves featuring on a name and shame website. The plan is part of the UK government's attempts to shake up the Child Support Agency (CSA). Letters will go out to about 100 single parents, mostly mothers, asking if they want to give the go-ahead for the name of the child's father to go online. ...more