Google finds a profit

You can't make money out of the Internet these days, can you? Well, makers of the search engine Google have managed it. The exact degree of profitability is not being disclosed, but the new CEO Eric Schmidt has revealed that the company has had a profit on operations for the last two quarters. News of Google's profitability emerged following the official unveiling of Schmidt yesterday. ...more

UK games chart: Midnight Club 3 races up the charts

The FIFA Street football game (pictured) holds its place at the top of this week's ELSPA UK games chart. And while id Software's Doom 3 sticks at number three, there is a new entry between the two. Its title may suggest some sort of DJ toasting competition, but Rockstar'sMidnight Club 3: Dub edition is an urban racing game, with the latest edition taking its name from the US car-modding Dub magazine. ...more

UK browsers lose themselves in aimless surfing - survey

Two-thirds of UK surfers lose significant portions of their time to irrelevant net browsing, according to a study published this week. Workers confronted with the almost unlimited pool of online information become distracted and begin - according to the report's authors - 'wilfing'. This is short for 'What Was I Looking For?' Wilfers lose two working days a month to aimless browsing, with men being the worst offenders, the study said. ...more

A new Pavilion built by HP

'Work hard play hard' is HP's tag for its new Pavilion notebook. The Pavilion zt1231s notebook is intended to provide 'no compromise mobile computing' - in terms of multimedia support - at a reasonable price. It is aimed at small business users as well as home users. ...more

British students 'not equipped for knowledge economy'

British students are still failing to meet the demands of the emerging knowledge economy it was claimed today. Despite yesterday's announcement of record pass rates in GCSE examinations, the high tech industry pressure group Intellect says that the country will struggle to compete in the information society of the 21st Century. 'The UK hi-tech industry welcomes the news that the overall G. ...more