Archive for February, 2009

Compact disc hits 25th birthday

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

Exactly 25 years ago the world's first compact disc was produced at a Philips factory in Germany.

Super solution for Rubik's cube

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

A supercomputer shows how to solve the 1980s puzzle Rubik's cube in the smallest number of moves.

Bluetooth helps Facebook friends

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

Researchers combine Facebook with Bluetooth to learn more about human interactions.

Wikipedia 'shows CIA page edits'

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

A web tool “reveals” the changes made to Wikipedia pages by the CIA and other organisations.

Shares in VMware increase

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Shares in software firm VMware soar in their first hours of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

Violence and video games

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Former Edge magazine editor Margaret Robertson on the continuing debate over violence and videogames.

Why I play games

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Former Edge magazine editor Margaret Robertson explains her love for games when so many of them are rubbish.

Actinic v8 In Beta Test

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Version 8 of Actinic’s range of desktop ecommerce software has now entered beta testing, with the full release scheduled for August.

Small Businesses Still Slow To Get Online

Friday, February 20th, 2009

According to a report from BT Business, three quarters of small and medium business are aware of the importance of the Internet, but four out of ten still do not have a web site.

Ticket exchange bags $30m in funding

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Viagogo, the online ticket exchange backed by StubHub co-founder Eric Baker, has received $30m in Series C funding to fuel an assault on the US.

The move will see Viagogo enabling fans to trade tickets for the Cleveland Browns NFL team, as well as live concerts, sporting events and Broadway shows.