Mobiles to get cloth screen

Just when you've thought you've heard it all another technological developments bounds into view to astound and amaze. A news article in the Daily Mail reports that scientists are developing a special cloth that doubles as a view screen. The cloth contains wires and phosphor so that it glows when an electrical current is passed through it. ...more

UK Online joins 24Mbps ADSL+ rollout

UK Online has become the second ISP to announce the imminent availability of an ADSL+ service in the UK. Less than a year ago the ISP was the first to begin offering maxed-out ASDL at 8Mbps when most were still stuck at 512Kbps. Since then 2Mbps has become the norm and 18Mbps (24Mbps theoretical max) reflects the transformation of the market in 2005, due in a large part to the growth of LLU-based services. ...more

Microsoft hits home straight with Vista RC1

Microsoft is finally on the home straight for the release of its Vista operating system. Last Friday, the company first made Windows Vista RC1 available to the TechBeta technical testers. Assuming no horrors are uncovered, the company plans to broadly release the code to current members of the Windows Vista Customer Preview Program (CPP) this week with the software opened to a wider group shortly afterwards. ...more

LCD market to be driven by increased consumer demand

Defying continued global economic sluggishness, the LCD market grew strongly during the first six months of 2003, with revenue rising to $13.7 billion, up 6.9 per cent from $12. ...more

Jobs: scrapping the iPod mini is a risk

Steve Jobs has admitted that the decision to scrap the iPod mini in favour of the new iPod nano is a 'bold gamble'. The Apple CEO told the New York Times that the mini had accounted for half of all iPod sales and that any delay in the nano would have had a huge impact on revenues. He explained that the potential for late problems with both the nano's custom chips and miniaturised circuit board could have held it up. ...more