Archive for July, 2006

Mario Bros return in pocket form

Friday, July 7th, 2006

The BBC’s Neil McGreevey takes a look at some of the latest portable offerings for the Sony PSP and Nintendo DS

Digital home ’still 10 years off’

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006

The vision of a digital home is still 10 years away, says a leading music technology businessman.

US concession on net control

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

A hearing on the future of internet domain names hears the US may relinquish some of its control.

BT in movie download deal

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

BT signs a deal with Universal Pictures enabling customers to download films on the day of their DVD release.

Russian satellite rocket crashes

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

A Russian rocket carrying 17 satellites for foreign clients crashes soon after lift-off in Central Asia.

Jolie-Pitt baby model on display

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

A model of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s two-month-old daughter is unveiled at Madame Tussauds.

More than 95% of e-mail is ‘junk’

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

More than 95% of e-mail is junk, be it spam, error messages or viruses, report mail monitoring firms.

Xbox scoops best gadget prize

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is voted the best game console by technology readers of T3 magazine.

Metallica embrace digital stores

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

Rock band Metallica finally make their catalogue of music available to download from the web.

Kazaa music site pays out millions

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

File sharing site Kazaa agrees to pay $100m (£53m) in damages to the record industry.