Although impossible to link local weather phenomenon to climate change, this year's Vappu* marks the end of a record warm winter in Finland, an apt reminder that we can all act more responsibly with respect to our impact on the
Alcatel-Lucent dials down forecastThe global telecoms market is facing a chilly 2008 if Alcatel-Lucent's latest financial forecast proves to be on the mark....
New TV series - or a new series of TVs?LG has taken the wraps off what it claims is the world's slimmest LCD TV, dubbed Scarlet, following a launch party that made fools of many Hollywood A-List celebrities....
Bluetooth crypto blown in eight secondsForget networked PCs or even PlayStation 3s, components commonly found in plasma TVs are the latest thing in password cracking tools....
Lollicams for allSchool crossing guards, known as lollipop ladies (or men) in the UK because of the signs they carry, are getting digital video cameras to provide evidence against the increasing numbers of drivers who ignore or abuse them....
Software-as-a-service-eventuallySAP has increased revenues for the first quarter of this year, but net income has fallen and it is delaying the rollout of its webhosted business management product....
Anyone want AOL too?'Time Warner has today confirmed widely-expected plans to pacify its long-suffering investors with a cash windfall from the sale of its US cable tentacle....
ELSPA and BBFC tough it outThe British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has rubbished reiterated claims from a games industry trade body that it won't be able to cope with online videogame classification....
Manufacturers run scaredObviously Register Hardware's journos love their gadgets, but some inventions leave us a little perplexed as to their point. And we're not alone, because a list of punters' most useless gadgets has been compiled....
A monetary masterpiece?Vertu has used an 18th Century French art movement as the inspiration for its latest range of exclusive, overpriced handsets....
Why have only one development platform?Sony Ericsson is planning to offer developers the opportunity to embed Flash Lite applications inside J2ME midlets, in the hope that two mobile phone application platforms will prove better than one....
A competition at this year's Defcon security conference , to be held in Las Vegas between 8 and 10 August, has caused disquiet amongst antivirus vendors. In Race to Zero hackers will compete to modify existing viruses so that they
Version 6.1 of the open source NetBeans development environment - originally set in motion by Sun - has been released. Like its competitor Eclipse , the NetBeans project revolves around an integrated development environment (IDE) which, as well as Java,
Apple has released an update for Mac OS X Leopard with Java SE 6, but it is a very particular update; it's only for 64-bit Intel-based systems. It is well over a year since Java SE 6 was released by
Microsoft has delayed the distribution of its recent Service Packs for Windows XP and Windows Vista by Windows Update. Service Pack 3 for Windows XP was to be made available on April 29 for all users as a download and
Ready to run any HD disc on your PC?Review While it's clear that Blu-ray Disc is going to rule the HD roost, unfortunately for Sony, the rival HD DVD format will take some time to wither away. Which leaves the
Can e-counting technology get it right this time?Very few politicians are recognisable by their first names only, but next week, two such larger than life characters will face each other in the closest battle for the office of London Mayor
Possible announcement likely maybe todayMicrosoft is laying aside $1.5bn to keep Yahoo! staff happy and at their desks should the takeover go through....
We want our name back, demand irate islandersResidents on the Greek island of Lesbos have declared that they alone have the right to call themselves lesbians, and yesterday launched a legal action against the Greek Gay and Lesbian Union (Olke)
