UK games chart: Dead or Alive 4 loses top spot

EA's multi-format street racing game Need For Speed: Most Wanted has regained top spot in this week's ELSPA UK games chart. Last week's number one, Tecmo's Dead or Alive 4 beat 'em up for the Xbox 360, falls to number six. The Sims 2 and Pro Evolution Soccer 5 complete the top three. ...more

EU Court Ruling: Microsoft's reaction

Microsoft is putting a brave face on the decision of the European Court of First Instance to dismiss its appeal against immediate imposition of the remedies recommended by Europe's Competition Commissioner. Below in full is Microsoft's reaction to the ruling: `We are in the process of reviewing the Order by the Court of First Instance. Although the Court ruled against Microsoft's request for interim measures, we are encouraged by a number of aspects of the Court's discussion of the merits of the case. ...more

Visionary work for silicon

A microchip implant into the eyes of three blind men could restore their vision. A tiny microchip, implanted underneath the retina at the back of the eye, converts light signals to electrical pulses that the brain can interpret as visual stimuli, or at least that's the plan. The chips, developed by Alan Chow, a paediatric ophthalmologist, were implanted in the eyes of a 72-year-old man and 59-year-old twins last week and show no signs of being rejected. ...more

Ofoto launched in the UK

Kodak has launched its online photo service, Ofoto, in the UK. Ofoto claims to be the world's largest Internet digital photo service, with more than eight million members. As well as providing prints, starting at 34p (plus delivery) for a 6x4in picture, it also allows you to create online albums and share them with others who can then order their own copies direct from the website. ...more

Yahoo! gets wired for sound

Having now indexed text, images and video the developers at Yahoo! have now introduced an audio search facility indexing millions of sound files, from special effects to music files. The system claims to have indexed some 50 million assorted audio files ranging from clips of horror screams and words of wisdom through to interviews and speeches to Wagner's Ring cycle, if you want it. The sounds are in most of the popular formats including . ...more