A Sixty Year Old Baby; Computer That Is!
Friday, June 20th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »In a small lab in Manchester sixty years ago, an invention was built that would revolutionise the world and do much to shape modern society. The first ever true computer affectionately named 'Baby' was the first computer with the ability ...
No Bid but Microsoft and Yahoo Are Still Talking
Thursday, May 29th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »While the massive bid from Microsoft to buy Yahoo may now be history; the boss of Yahoo has since stated that while the bid may have been dropped, he sees no reason why the two companies should not work together ...
Broadband in the Countryside
Friday, May 23rd, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »For many years those in the country waited and waited for broadband to come to their villages and hamlets. Now it seems that overall, the countryside has finally overtaken towns and cities in the connection tables. A recent report released ...
Greenpeace Calls for Greener Games Industry
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »Greenpeace has recently released a report claiming that the three major games consoles and their manufacturing companies are not doing enough in terms of environmental issues. After a detailed investigation of the materials used in all three major consoles, Greenpeace ...
MySpace Wins Major Spam Court Settlement
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »MySpace has just been awarded a gargantuan £120 million after a legal judgment went in their favour over junk messages being sent to the millions of members on the social networking site. The ruling is reported to be the largest ...
WorldWide Telescope Launches Into Space
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »For all of the budding amateur astronomers out there, a vast array of galaxies and nebulae are now at their fingertips. Microsoft has just launched its WorldWide Telescope application allowing everyone to access images of the night sky. The application ...
GTA IV Super Sales Figures
Thursday, May 8th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »For those in the games industry there was little doubt that Grand Theft Auto IV would be absolute blockbuster. Current figures suggest that the title has sold more that six million copies in only a week of release. This makes ...
Search Engine Optimisation Glossary
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in SEO | No Comments »For the lay reader the world of search engine optimisation can be confusing and befuddling. Those who work in the optimisation industry tend to bandy around terms that to the outsider can seem like a foreign language. Here is a ...
Xbox goes Blu Ray
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »Rumours that have been abound in the last few months concerning the Xbox peripheral to allow Blu-Ray play seem to be finally confirmed. This is despite original denials by Microsoft officials that a peripheral would be forthcoming. Microsoft in fact ...
Wii Fit as the protector of gaming rights
Thursday, April 24th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »Nintendo’s latest offering is hailed to be a revolution in the gaming industry, well at least by its creators. There is little doubt that the idea of a game that actively works towards making the gamer healthier is novel, but ...