VIDEO: ‘iPad mini’ rumours and other tech news
Just one week after Google announced its entry into the tablet market with a 7-inch tablet, sources say Apple is planning to release a so-called “iPad mini” later this year. Meanwhile, Microsoft has announced it will offer upgrades for its new operating system Windows 8 for just under $40. Spencer Kelly reports these and other [...]
VIDEO: The biggest new games of 2012
Gaming companies are relying on a whole host of big franchise sequels in 2012 as there have been no big console announcements from Sony or Microsoft. With the big releases including Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Medal of Honor Warfighter, Tomb Raider, Fifa 13, Madden 13 and F1 2012, Marc Cieslak manages to unearth [...]
Brain scan remote controls robot
5 July 2012 Last updated at 13:55 The man-machine link was used to control a small humanoid robot Robot avatars have got a step closer to being the real world doubles of those who are paralysed or have locked-in-syndrome. Scientists have made a robot move on a human’s behalf by monitoring thoughts about movement, reports [...]
E-marketing complaints rise in UK
5 July 2012 Last updated at 14:03 By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News Most complaints about e-marketing were made “too early”, the ICO said Complaints about spam and other unsolicited electronic marketing in the UK jumped 43% last year, says the Information Commissioner’s Office. The ICO says it received 7,095 complaints in the year [...]
Facebook buys into internet cable
5 July 2012 Last updated at 17:30 Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg met Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda while in Asia in March Facebook has invested in a 10,000km (6,214 mile) Asian undersea cable project. The Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) is designed to improve internet speeds for citizens and businesses in the region. The cable will [...]
Alibaba executive in bribe probe
6 July 2012 Last updated at 06:50 Alibaba said it has been trying to prevent cases of misconduct in the firm Alibaba Group has said that one of its former executives, Yan Limin, has been detained by police in China on “suspicion of accepting bribes”. Mr Yan was the former general manager of the Alibaba’s [...]
Olympics net overload fears fade
6 July 2012 Last updated at 13:50 By Justin Stoneman Technology reporter A government document warned in February of potential net “drop-outs” The government says it now believes that the country’s internet infrastructure will be able to cope with demand during the Olympic Games. The Cabinet Office had previously told businesses to prepare counter measures [...]
Smart headlight ‘turns rain off’
6 July 2012 Last updated at 12:29 There has been no shortage of rain on UK roads in the last three months Researchers in the US have come up with a solution to the problem of headlight glare reducing driver visibility in the rain. It is a problem with which anyone driving on UK roads [...]
Attempt to ‘read’ Hawking’s brain
7 July 2012 Last updated at 00:28 Prof Hawking communicates using a sensor attached to his glasses which records his cheek movements An American scientist is to unveil details of work on the brain patterns of Prof Stephen Hawking which he says could help safeguard the physicist’s ability to communicate. Prof Philip Low said he [...]
UN seeks to settle patent wars
6 July 2012 Last updated at 19:18 Motorola managed to ban sales of some of Apple’s iPads and iPhones for a day in February A rash of patent lawsuits has prompted the UN to call smartphone makers and others mobile industry bodies together. It said the parties needed to address the “innovation-stifling use of intellectual [...]