DTV lift off around the corner

Digital TV market in Europe about to take off, says forecaster. Internet research firm Jupiter MMXI believes low cost set-top boxes could kick start an under-estimated demand for digital TV. In its latest report the company predicts that by 2006 more European households will be watching digital TV than using the Internet. ...more

Cisco to join WiMAX Forum

Cisco Systems applied recently to join the Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) Forum, according to sources. WiMAX, a technology based on the IEEE 802.16 standard, has attracted 136 network and telecommunications equipment vendors to participate in the forum. ...more

PC shipments to climb ten per cent - analysts

According to a forecast by research firm Gartner, PC shipments worldwide will jump 10.5 per cent this year to 255.7 million computers. ...more

Hitachi reveals buttonless prototype

Leading Japanese electronics specialist, Hitachi, has developed a prototype information device that is completely buttonless and allows the user to interact with it using motion. The Waterscape device is a rounded, handheld "information terminal" with a colour screen. The unit has a motion sensor, which allows the user to tilt and shake the Waterscape in order to navigate their way through the menus. ...more

Into the Terrarium...

Microsoft launches game-of-survival developer competition. Described as a 'multiplayer ecosystem game', Terrarium is Microsoft's UK competition for encouraging developers to get familiar with the .NET framework. ...more