LG announces first HD digital Video Disc recorder

Electronics giant LG has announced a new High Definition Video Disc recorder that can store up to two hours of footage on HD video discs. Unfortunately, this top piece of kit will not be available in the UK as it only works with the High Definition VSB digital TV standard used by Korea and America. Despite this, I think that the technical spec makes interesting reading. ...more

W3C updates Amaya browser and test tool

The W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) has released version 8.0 of its Amaya browser and testing tool. In the words of the W3C, Amaya is intended to be 'a comprehensive client environment for testing and evaluating new proposals for Web standards and formats' - basically a reference platform for those wishing to officially conform to Web ways. ...more

Mind your head, here comes MIR

A 3D visualisation of MIR's descent from the heavens is being provided on the Web so that if you can't be there at the moment of impact, you'll be able to watch it nice and safely from your browser. And then re-run the event at your leisure. ParallelGraphics is using streamed data from NASA for what they believe is the only real time visualisation of MIR on the Internet. ...more

Warnings raised on spread of spyware

The threat of spyware continues to grow, according to the latest State of Spyware report issued by Webroot today. The report claims that average home computer in the UK is infected with 18.1 instances of spyware, giving the UK the highest concentration of spyware infections in Europe, and puts it third on a global scale, behind the US, with 24. ...more

Government launches scam awareness campaign

A 'scam awareness' campaign is being launched by two government bodies, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Its aim is to increase public awareness of the problem - which is often centred on the Internet - and provide practical advice on tackling the likes of email scams, phishing attacks, lottery scams, pyramid selling and even online dating scams. Such scams are believed to fleece UK consumers of ?1 billion per year, with research suggesting that 28 million Brits are targeted every year using disreputable, low-cost, mass-marketing techniques, whether they involve email, text message, post, telephone or the Web. ...more