Apple takes a surprise Safari on Windows

Apple has once again caught the computer industry by surprise by launching its Safari web browser on Windows. The company's chief executive, Steve Jobs, claims Safari will be Windows' fastest browser, rendering pages at twice the speed of Internet Explorer and up to 1.6 times faster than Firefox. ...more

Apple, Samsung, Sandisk face MP3 patent lawsuit

A Texas firm has filed a lawsuit against Apple, Samsung and Sandisk alleging that the three portable music player makers have infringed a patent on MP3 technology. MP3 Technologies' patent describes a method for 'an MPEG portable sound reproducing system and a method for reproducing sound data compressed using the MPEG method', or more succinctly, a portable music player than can play MP3s. However the patent was only granted last June, almost five years after Apple released its first iPod 'MPEG portable sound reproducing system' and some years after Samsung and SanDisk followed suit. ...more

Mozilla halts regression

Mozilla has released a minor update to its eponymous Internet software suite. The 1.7. ...more

Sony goes organic

Electronics giant Sony has unveiled a 13in prototype display, with a resolution of 800 x 600 utilising organic electroluminescence (OEL) technology. The technology uses an organic polymer material with luminescent properties that eliminates the need for a backlight, thus consuming less power and making it ideal for mobile devices. They sahould also be about 20 per cent cheaper to manufacture than LCDs and perform better, as they respond well to fast moving images. ...more

Sony releases big-small USB stick

If you find those USB sticks a touch on the weighty side to have to drag around with you, Sony may be able to help. With more than a Gigabyte to every gram in the highest capacity model, the new Micro Vault Tiny weighs just 1.5g, with capacities from 256MB to 2GB. ...more