The PDA that thinks it's a laptop

Part laptop, part handheld, the AlphaSmart Dana, which has just been released in the UK, is designed as a low-cost alternative to notebooks. The Dana comprises a full-size keyboard and a wide, 560x160 pixel display in a 0.9kg package just 31. ...more

See the ISS for less than $20m

It sounds like a last-minute flight being touted, but it is in fact a virtual tour of the international space station on NASA's Web site. The tour, available here, uses MGI's Photovista software to stitch together an impressive and immersive 360 degree panorama of the interiors of the modules that make up the space station. The Java-based VR tour can be viewed online or downloaded as a 2. ...more

Cardtrp mobile phone virus can spread to PCs

Security companies have discovered a new type of mobile phone virus that can also infect desktop computers. Under the name CARDTRP.A, the new virus appears to be very much a proof of concept affair. ...more

Warner issues warning to publishers: 'The bad games are over'

Warner Brothers Interactive is set to hit videogame publishers that have licensed its brands with extra costs if games based on those brands don't come up to standards it will set. According to an article on The Hollywood Reporter website, in an effort to maintain a high level of quality amongst WBI brand-based games, the company is adding a new clause to contracts - any publisher producing a WBI licensed title which receives an average review score of under 70 percent will have to cough up extra royalty fees. Extra costs incurred fluctuate depending on the average review score. ...more

Telewest plans huge infrastructure upgrade

Telewest, best known as a cable TV company, is upgrading its infrastructure to enable it to converge its four main businesses of voice, video, Broadband and business data into a a more streamlined whole based on Gigabit networking technology. The company wants to expand its broadband capacity in order to roll out its upcoming TV-on-demand (TVOD) services. In addition, it needs extra bandwidth to cope with the growth of new broadband services and extend the company's high-bandwidth Ethernet and IP Virtual Private Network (IP-VPN) services to more business customers by doubling the number of business hub sites in the network. ...more