Dell shines CES light on new notebooks and screens

Dell's Mr Dell yesterday unveiled his company's latest innovations at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. New to Dell's product lines are a notebook launched in the US with an enormous 20.1in screen, capable of HDTV, and the 30in Dell Widescreen UltraSharp 3007WFP flat-panel LCD monitor. ...more

CES 2007: Microsoft naysayer for Apple iPod phone

Microsoft's entertainment chief has said that Apple faces some tough hurdles if it decides to roll out a mobile phone built around its popular iPod music player. Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's entertainment and devices division, said it too is considering a mobile phone integrated with its Zune digital music player, but launching such a device is not at the top of its priority list. Microsoft launched its Zune portable music player in November and set a sales target of more than one million units by the end of June. ...more

BBC to add subtitles to Internet telly

The BBC has announced that is to begin testing a system for adding optional subtitles to online broadcasts. A five week trial will run on Click Online, News 24's popular technology programme and will use new software that accesses the subtitling files from the original TV broadcast. Should the trial prove successful, the BBC anticipates making subtitles available for much of its streamed video content. ...more

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PDA users exposed to data theft

Almost one in four handheld PDA users are storing unprotected bank account details on their devices, according to a report commissioned by a security company. Sixty-five per cent of people who store their bank details on PDAs do not bother to encrypt them and just under 25 per cent don't even bother with password protection. In general, the survey found that in 25 per cent of PDAs, the user employs no password protection whatsoever. ...more