As far as space monsters go it is less menacing than Daleks or Klingons, but an unwanted intruder has made its way aboard the international space station. Gammima.AG, a malicious password-swiping computer virus, has broken new frontiers, by infecting two laptops on the ISS orbiting …
Scientists and scholars in Jerusalem have begun a programme to take the first high-resolution digital photographs of the Dead Sea Scrolls so that they can be shown on the internet. The Israel Antiquities Authority ends a pilot project this week which prepares …
Perhaps the greatest tribute paid by the games world to the skill, attention to detail and single-minded focus in Grand Theft Auto is exemplified by the small number of games that blatantly try to rip it off. So one has to applaud …
Technology is designed for people to use. The only trouble is that computer interfaces on all types of devices from the home to the car can frustrate many users. But most software interfaces have been designed with a one-size-fits-all approach for mass …
A PC for editing AVCI’ve bought a new HD video camera which records in AVCHD. When I looked at the Pinnacle editing software supplied with it, I read that the minimum requirements include an Intel quad core processor running at 2.66GHz. I have consulted PC …
The PlayStation 2 hit UK shelves roughly the same time as The Mummy and both seem to be living on borrowed time. This version of the disappointing third movie looks good enough, but looks alone don’t make an arcade adventure. Once you …
Why has Dr John Bond, scientific support manager for Northamptonshire Police, been sent evidence by Boulder City Police Department in Colorado? It’s because he’s developing a new forensic technique that no other police force has. Thanks to his expertise, he’s found a …
The number of models of “Liliputer” - low-cost ultraportable PCs running Windows or Linux - has exploded to more than 100 in less than a year, according to Liliputing.com, a site put together by the freelance journalist Brad Linder.Since the introduction …
Ordnance Survey, Britain’s biggest trader in government information, has robustly defended its use of a lobbying firm, Mandate Communications, to communicate with MPs and other politicians.In a letter to the Guardian, Nicole Perry, head of public affairs, says that the organisation engages …
One wonders quite what point companies now see in trying to make new MP3 players. Isn’t it an experience akin to being some small mollusc digging down into the sand as the tide goes out? Between the dominance of the iPod and …
Robot warsThe problem with our type of cleverness is, of course, that it so often translates into ever more ingenious ways of killing other humans (Swarms of robots join the army, August 21). As it stands, we can only hope that when our robots truly …
Summer is over and it’s time to deal with all the snaps vegetating in your digital camera or cameraphone. It is a fair bet that despite the weather more photos were taken this summer than in any previous one, as a result …
It’s the worst of times, it’s the best of times to be writing a game that works just like a really well-known one. The travails of Scrabulous, the Scrabble (® ™ © and all that guff) playalike, have been well-documented: its …
“Captcha is the bane of the internet,” says Matt Mullenweg, who runs the massively popular blogging site Wordpress.com. “I can’t figure them out myself half the time!”He is referring to those squiggly, distorted images commonly seen when registering for internet services …
American football has had fluctuating popularity in the UK but currently the sport is as popular as it has been since the initial television coverage of the mid 80s. So the latest Madden game - this is the 20th-anniversary edition of the …
BBC Worldwide is planning to launch a targeted web music service from early next year, tapping the corporation’s vast audio archive that includes the Old Grey Whistle Test, the John Peel Sessions and the Six Music hub.Users will be able to stream …
One thing you can say about this brave new world in which the music business finds itself is that it is certainly encouraging people to use their imagination. So the old model – dominated by major labels and bricks-and-mortar shops – doesn’t work? Find a …
Back in the early 1990s, email was a privilege granted only to those who could prove they needed it. Now, it has turned into a nuisance that’s costing companies millions. We may feel that we have it under control, but not only …
Podders Aleks Krotoski, Bobbie Johnson and Jemima Kiss are joined by The Guardian’s Jack Schofield and PC Pro’s Jon Honeyball to unlock the secrets behind Microsoft’s next generation operating system, code-named Windows 7. What else is going on …
Advert for the Apple iPhone that was banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for misleading viewers about internet acce…