Swedes protest over BitTorrent crackdown

Swedes have taken to the streets to demonstrate against police seizure of more than 100 servers belonging to ThePirateBay.org, a BitTorrent search site. The demonstration was organised by several other websites in an attempt to persuade Sweden's government not to prosecute the owners of The Pirate Bay (TPB). ...more

Game on with the brain-controlled PC

RAM-manufacturer OCZ has unveiled a new control device that interprets your brain waves and small facial muscle movements as controls for a game character. We tried it out at Computex 2007, with more than a little Lawnmower Man-based trepidation. The device takes the form of a headband with three electrode plates pressed to your forehead. ...more

Price Check: Digital Cameras

With manufacturers readying new lines for the Autumn, now is a great time to keep an eye out for a bargain. Let's take a look: You could even kit out your kids for the holidays with a 0.5megapixel Polaroid 320 from Easyetrader for ?23. ...more

New Handspring Visor leaked

With Palm ready to announce details of its M500 range, it comes as no surprise that rival Handspring has a new PDA up its sleeve. Specifications of the Visor Edge have been appearing on the organiser fan site PDABuzz.com. ...more

Visionary work for silicon

A microchip implant into the eyes of three blind men could restore their vision. A tiny microchip, implanted underneath the retina at the back of the eye, converts light signals to electrical pulses that the brain can interpret as visual stimuli, or at least that's the plan. The chips, developed by Alan Chow, a paediatric ophthalmologist, were implanted in the eyes of a 72-year-old man and 59-year-old twins last week and show no signs of being rejected. ...more