Tetris comes to chip and pin terminals

Researchers at Cambridge University have managed to hack tamper-resistant chip and pin terminals so they can play a game of Tetris. Stephen Murdoch and Saar Drimer, researchers at the Security Group at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory managed to open up the terminal and replace most of the inner workings that control the screen, card reader and keypad. 'Steven suggested that in order to show that it is completely under our control, we should make it play Tetris (similarly to the guys who made a voting machine play chess),' said Drimer on their blog. ...more

Microsoft and Alcatel shake on IPTV

Microsoft and French electronics giant Alcatel have signed a deal to market their IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) solution to broadband suppliers around the world. The companies say the deal will help kick start the broadband television revolution. The deal means that the companies can offer broadband suppliers a complete solution comprising Alcatel hardware such as network access equipment and systems integration services and Microsoft's TV IPTV Edition software. ...more

Nintendo previews Revolution's one-handed wireless joypad

Nintendo has finally revealed one of the defining features of its next generation console the Revolution - a wireless one-handed joypad. For weeks gamers have been trying to decipher the meaning behind Nintendo President Satoru Iwata's revelation that the company's next console would not follow a traditional path. Although Nintendo have yet to announce any details about the console, the general public got their hands on the Revolution's controllers at the Tokyo Game Show, the BBC reports. ...more

Lindows 4.5 offers PC to PC free calls

Lindows has announced its latest version of the GNU/Linux operating system - 4.5 - which incorporates free computer to computer voice calls. Announced yesterday, the platform offers Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-based voice calls to any other SIP-enabled device. ...more

Storage Expo 2006: Data storage regulations suffocating business

'A slew, a swamp, a morass of incompatible requirements'. These were the words of Philip Vergo, Eurim's secretary general, speaking of the data capture requirements facing business when he opened Storage Expo 06 with his keynote. All the terabytes of hardware storage on display, he suggested, and the myriad methods for storing, retrieving and preserving data, will be needed as businesses struggle for a technological solution to governmental regulation. ...more