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Virtual world to help children cope with cancer

Virtual world to help children cope with cancer

Researchers in Canada are developing an online virtual world in which children with cancer can talk with others about their illness, and manage symptoms caused by cancer and other chronic diseases.
Liz Tay Apr 5 2008 12:15PM Software
Top five compliance challenges in a virtualised world

Top five compliance challenges in a virtualised world

Virtualisation is showing some extremely compelling ROI and transforming the way corporate IT provisions and administers not only the data center, but also the user desktop experience.
Chris Farrow, director of product strategy, Fortisphere Apr 4 2008 3:23PM Security
gotalk acquires Aussie phone card company World Telecom

gotalk acquires Aussie phone card company World Telecom

Following the 2007 acquisition of Telstra’s international phonecards - Say G’day and Super Buzz – Australian-based telecommunication provider, gotalk, has acquired one of Australia’s largest phone card companies ‘World Telecom’ and its key phone card brands.
a Staff Writer Apr 3 2008 12:24PM Telco/ISP
Chinese tech firms take on the world

Chinese tech firms take on the world

The value of Chinese technology company IPOs grew 300 per cent globally in 2007, according to data from Ernst & Young..
Feb 26 2008 7:07AM Strategy
Protests hit Mobile World Congress

Protests hit Mobile World Congress

Protestors have gathered outside the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona for the second year running to call for a ban on mobile and wireless radio traffic..
Iain Thomson Feb 13 2008 7:26AM Oddware
Mobile World Congress tackles child porn

Mobile World Congress tackles child porn

The GSM Association (GSMA), in association with the EU and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), has launched a programme to tackle the growing problem of child pornography on mobile networks..
Iain Thomson Feb 12 2008 2:21PM Oddware
Technology struts world stage at Davos

Technology struts world stage at Davos

The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum kicks off in Switzerland on 23 January under the theme 'The Power of Collaborative Innovation'..
Andrew Charlesworth Jan 22 2008 7:05AM Strategy
AI news reader brings academia to the real world

AI news reader brings academia to the real world

When he found himself staring at a screenful of irrelevant headlines in search of the few news stories of interest, Artificial Intelligence enthusiast Alex North decided that it was time to delegate the task to a machine.
Liz Tay Jan 17 2008 11:36AM Software
UK leads world in digital TV take up

UK leads world in digital TV take up

Britain is benefiting from bargain basement ‘triple play’ deals that bundle fixed line phone, broadband and pay-TV, according to media and telecoms regulator Ofcom..
Guy Dixon Dec 13 2007 7:18AM Hardware
World digital radio meeting to be held in Sydney

World digital radio meeting to be held in Sydney

Australia will play host to world experts on digital radio from 12 countries. The technical committee of the WorldDMB Forum, a global trade body coordinating the introduction of digital radio worldwide, will meet in Sydney on 30 November.
Staff Writers Nov 26 2007 2:54PM Hardware
World of Warcraft sales soar to US$42m

World of Warcraft sales soar to US$42m

Revenues from the hugely popular World of Warcraft continue to grow in China, according to the company which operates the game in the country.
Simon Burns Nov 19 2007 2:03PM Software
Asia leading world in research growth

Asia leading world in research growth

But quality of US research considered higher.
Simon Burns Aug 3 2007 11:22AM Training & Development
Harry Potter spawns parallel Internet world

Harry Potter spawns parallel Internet world

The Harry Potter books have spawned a parallel universe on the Internet, where sites attract millions of fans every day and play a major part in the success of the novels and their Hollywood adaptations.
Mike Collett-White Jul 18 2007 12:14PM Oddware
Surfers select seven new wonders of the world

Surfers select seven new wonders of the world

Over 100 million votes in the first global election.
Staff Writers Jul 10 2007 1:42PM Oddware
Aussie World of Warcraft player charged with abduction

Aussie World of Warcraft player charged with abduction

When the online world intrudes on the real world.
Iain Thomson Jul 9 2007 6:41AM Strategy
PC World defends Core 2 Duo claims

PC World defends Core 2 Duo claims

ASA throws out complaint.
Robert Jaques Jul 5 2007 4:50PM Hardware
Mozilla flames Apple duopolistic world view

Mozilla flames Apple duopolistic world view

GLOBAL - There is a world beyond the eternal Apple-Microsoft battle, Mozilla tells Apple.
Shaun Nichols Jun 19 2007 11:47AM Software
Microsoft taps mobile tech for developing world

Microsoft taps mobile tech for developing world

Microsoft is betting on mobile phones to bring computing to developing countries.
Shaun Nichols May 16 2007 11:18AM Software
The End: A world without borders

The End: A world without borders

The internet is bringing us closer together, says Ed Gibson. That means more fronts to watch.
Patrick Love, Head of Fiduciary Support, Global Wealth Sol Apr 24 2007 10:06AM Security
Encryption is the last defense for data in a digital world

Encryption is the last defense for data in a digital world

We used to live in an analog world. We played records, radio stations had static interference, we flattened out dollar bills to work in vending machines and we anguished over hanging chads. Sure, everything was converted into bits and bytes in the end, but the world we interacted with was a physical one.
Richard Moulds, Apr 12 2007 4:12PM Security

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