Recent articles by Iain Thomson

Wireless tickles computer buyers' fancies

Wireless tickles computer buyers' fancies

A worldwide study into computer purchasing patterns has shown that Wi-Fi is the most important technology for today's buyers.
Iain Thomson Sep 4 2007 9:46AM Networking
Radio iPods expected on Wednesday

Radio iPods expected on Wednesday

Apple is expected to launch a new range of iPods this week designed to receive digital radio.
Iain Thomson Sep 4 2007 7:14AM Hardware
Boffins believe there is life on Mars

Boffins believe there is life on Mars

New analysis of data from the Viking Mars probes, which landed on the planet in the 1970s, suggests that life may well exist on the surface.
Iain Thomson Aug 28 2007 8:13AM Strategy
CIA plans social networking site for spies

CIA plans social networking site for spies

The CIA is to launch a social networking site to allow members of the intelligence community around the world to converse and swap ideas and information online.
Iain Thomson Aug 27 2007 2:40PM Software
Court orders pirate to use Windows

Court orders pirate to use Windows

A man convicted of illegally downloading an episode of Star Wars has been told that he can no longer use his computer with an Ubuntu Linux operating system.
Iain Thomson Aug 27 2007 7:46AM Software
Web hosting firm harbours virus

Web hosting firm harbours virus

Internet monitoring firm Websense has claimed that IT management firm EDB is hosting malicious files on its web page.
Iain Thomson Aug 24 2007 7:12AM Security
US Air Force refuels with robo-pilots

US Air Force refuels with robo-pilots

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has built a software program which it claims can fly a plane during an inflight refuelling as well as a human pilot.
Iain Thomson Aug 16 2007 9:58PM Hardware
Mozilla plans 24-hour developer conference

Mozilla plans 24-hour developer conference

Mozilla is to host a 24-hour web conference to develop new ideas for open source coding.
Iain Thomson Aug 16 2007 9:54PM Software
Paris Hilton is malware writer's choice

Paris Hilton is malware writer's choice

Paris Hilton has topped the list of celebrities used by malware writers to tempt users into downloading a virus.
Iain Thomson Aug 16 2007 6:31AM Security
Scots language database takes the high road

Scots language database takes the high road

Shoud auld acquentance be forgot, an niver brocht tae mynd?.
Iain Thomson Aug 15 2007 2:18PM Software
BBC may have to pay iPlayer royalties

BBC may have to pay iPlayer royalties

ISPs are in negotiations with the BBC over its iPlayer software and may ask the corporation for royalty fees to cover bandwidth use.
Iain Thomson Aug 15 2007 12:12PM Software
Smart bikini takes to the catwalk

Smart bikini takes to the catwalk

A range of 'smart' clothing has been shown off on the catwalks at the Siggraph 2007 computer graphics and interaction show.
Iain Thomson Aug 15 2007 10:34AM Hardware
Astronauts examine damage to shuttle

Astronauts examine damage to shuttle

Astronauts are examining the underside of the space shuttle Endeavour after a chunk of the heat seal was knocked off during launch.
Iain Thomson Aug 14 2007 5:07PM Hardware
Paper admits iThumb hoax

Paper admits iThumb hoax

There are red faces today in the US media after a story that broke over the weekend about a man surgically altering his thumbs for his iPhone was revealed to be a hoax.
Iain Thomson Aug 14 2007 11:00AM Telco/ISP
Lloyds axes IT staff

Lloyds axes IT staff

Lloyds TSB has announced that it is to make 210 staff redundant as their jobs are being outsourced to India.
Iain Thomson Aug 13 2007 2:11PM Training & Development
DARPA finalises urban challenge contestants

DARPA finalises urban challenge contestants

Software-driven cars could be in your city soon. The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced the 36 teams selected to take part in its Urban Challenge contest.
Iain Thomson Aug 13 2007 1:53PM Software
Universal goes DRM-free

Universal goes DRM-free

Universal has announced that it is abandoning the practice of embedding digital rights management (DRM) software in its music.
Iain Thomson Aug 13 2007 12:19PM Software
Man sues online florist for revealing affair

Man sues online florist for revealing affair

An online florist is facing a million-dollar legal case after it revealed one of its customers was sending flowers to his girlfriend.
Iain Thomson Aug 10 2007 4:24PM Oddware
Google gets behind open source

Google gets behind open source

Signs up to Open Invention Network (OIN).
Iain Thomson Aug 10 2007 2:24PM Software
Bright future predicted for solar power

Bright future predicted for solar power

A new report has suggested that the booming photovoltaic (PV) cell industry could supply up to 20 percent of the total energy needs of the United States.
Iain Thomson Aug 9 2007 2:38PM Hardware

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