Sony and Dell compete with new notebooks

A couple of new lightweight notebooks are competing for your attention: the Sony Vaio Z1XSP (pictured) and the Dell Inspiron 510m. The new Z1XSP - part of the Vaio Z1X-Series - sees Sony upping the functional ante for ultra-portables. The 1. ...more

World's first virtual girlfriend to launch in November

You know how it is guys. Work, mates, sports, work, sleep - there just isn't enough time to meet members of the opposite sex. Now technology has come to the rescue with the launch of the world's first virtual girlfriend game. ...more

No cheers for Yahoo

Yahoo has lowered its already lowered predictions for advertising sales in the first quarter and CEO Timothy A. Koogle has resigned, saying it was time to bring in a new CEO to add a fresh perspective to the company. The Internet portal announced it expects sales for the quarter to be around the $170-180m mark, its lowest since 1999, and lowered from January's prediction of $220-240m, compared with last year's analysts' expectations of $320m. ...more

Apple announces DVD Studio Pro 2

Apple has announced DVD Studio Pro 2 as a completely new DVD authoring product, rebuilt from the ground up. It features what Apple describe as 'a breakthrough user interface' and is 'packed with innovative features that redefine professional DVD authoring', such as a new menu editor, timeline-based track editing and a new software-based MPEG-2 encoder. The new user interface is designed to make it easy for both Final Cut Pro editors and users of consumer DVD authoring applications, such as Apple?s iDVD, to get started right away. ...more

Web Components spell danger for Microsoft software

Critical flaws emerge across Microsoft's product line through vulnerabilities in its Office Web Components technology. The flaws described in Security Bulletin MS02-044, Unsafe Functions in Office Web Components, are rated as 'critical' for client systems, but low or moderate for server systems. Potentially, attackers could execute commands on a user's machine and access files on their system. ...more