Britain storms ahead with digi-telly

Britain is leading the way when it comes to digital television. According to a report by Ofcom, the UK has the highest digital penetration of any country in the world. As of 31 December 2005 digital television was viewed by just under 70 per cent of all UK television households, up from 65. ...more

Jobs admits iTunes will fall short of target

Steve Jobs has confirmed that iTunes Music Store sales will fall short of the target of 100 million songs by the end of April. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Apple's CEO said that he expects to have sold somewhere between 70 and 75 million. Nonetheless, he said he is 'thrilled' with its success. ...more

OS X grabs Snapz Pro

Ambrosia Software has announced that the OS X version of the multi-featured screen capture utility Snapz Pro will be available within a few days. Snapz Pro has been completely re-written for the new OS and contains many features not available with OS X's Grab utility, including the ability to capture movies in QuickTime. Features new to Snapz pro X include the new Object tool that enables the user to select multiple objects and capture them in a single shot; capture of OS X's 'genie' effect and bouncing dock icons in mid-flow, or as a complete movie; and capture of full-screen iTunes visualizations and of screensavers. ...more

Yahoo! beefs up its Research Labs to match Google and MSN

It is a truth universally accepted that if you are in the search engine business, you need a big research budget. Thus, Yahoo! is expanding the scope of its Yahoo! Research Labs into new areas to reinforce its business strategy: which is to keep up with the Google and Microsoft Research Labs. Yahoo!'s stated aim is to attract the world's most talented scientists and develop Yahoo! Research Labs into a world-class centre for scientific innovation. ...more

See-through speakers

Today, we're going through the sound window. Matsushita has developed a pneumatically driven speaker that can be positioned over a screen and appear invisible to the eye. The sound window is basically a sealed layer of pressurised air underneath a diaphragm, which can be transparent, that acts as the speaker. ...more