Sony to add parental controls to Playstation 3

Electronics giant Sony has announced that it is to put parental control software into the next generation Playstation. The announcement follows similar moves by Microsoft and Nintendo who are also putting similar controls into their new machines. The new Microsoft Xbox 360 which shipped last week in the US and is due here in the next few days has controls built in to allow parents to set the level of game that children are allowed to play. ...more

Google adds KML search to Google Earth

Google has added a new search tool to its Google Earth satellite imagery and mapping application. Users can now search the Internet for all the Google Earth layers stored as Keyhole Markup Language (KML) files. KML files are customised sets of data that provide additional information about specific locations - they may include place markers with text descriptions (see image), images, polygons, 3D models and more. ...more

PC Pro Labs: Acer Aspire 5684WLMi correction

Acer Aspire 5684WLMi, Vista laptops Labs, Recommended award-winner update. Unfortunately, due to an error, the wrong part code was printed for the Acer Aspire 5684WLMi in this month's issue (151, May 2007, p101). The correct part code is LX. ...more

Lexmark unveils 2002 inkjet range

Lexmark has unveiled its 2002 series of inkjet printers. The range includes the Z65, which Lexmark claimed is the industry's first printer to support 4800x1200 dpi (dots per inch) resolution. As the flagship of the range, the Z65 is aimed at the SOHO (small office/home office) market. ...more

VeriSign caves in to ICANN pressure

US registrar VeriSign has bowed to pressure from ICANN and removed the controversial redirection of non-existent .net. and . ...more