Really small computer alert

At Comdex, one company took great delight at showing off its miniature computer system that measures just 150mm x 106mm. The PocketPC Espresso from the Saintsong Corporation is just that - an actual PC that can fit into your pocket. If you thought miniaturisation could go no further, then think again as the Espresso is a fully-featured PC complete with 2. ...more

Workers to cost business ?7bn Net shopping at work this Christmas

Businesses could lose more than ?7 billion in the run-up to Christmas as employees waste company time browsing the Internet for presents, employment experts said on Monday. Lured by increasingly sophisticated websites designed to keep consumers online for as long as possible, more than two million people took up Internet shopping in the past 12 months, the Employment Law Advisory Services (ELAS) said. It calculated the potential cost in lost company time by estimating an average of half an hour a day spent shopping online at an average hourly wage of 12. ...more

Internet Explorer 7 goes public with Beta 2

Microsoft has publicly released the second beta of Internet Explorer 7. Available for download from www.microsoft. ...more

Healthcare tops the spam charts

July saw a big increase in Healthcare related spam whilst the proportion of pornographic spam dropped significantly. These are the findings of the monthly Clearswift survey of the spam received by 16 million users across the globe. According to Clearswift the proportions of spam received in July were healthcare 25. ...more

Olympus shares vision with Toshiba

One of the hottest gadgets around at the moment is the Olympus Eye-Trek series of head-mounted displays. These goggles can be connected to Toshiba's portable DVD player for home entertainment on the move. Olympus shares vision with Toshiba One of the hottest gadgets around at the moment is the Olympus Eye-Trek series of head-mounted displays. ...more