Teach ICT - The latest ICT and technology news here

Go to top bar navigation
Go to left side navigation

LATEST ICT NEWS

News stories by topic

News videos by topic

Weekly News Archive

Try our weekly news quiz

ICT in the news - w/c 7th January 2008

Future television switches on Everything about the televisions on show at CES is extreme. Alongside a raft of new high definition LCD displays was the world's largest plasma display - a 150in behemoth from Panasonic - the world's thinnest commercial screen - just 3mm thick - and the world's first laser television. Read here for more.....
Gates hails age of digital senses The way people interact with computers is going to dramatically change in the next five years, Microsoft chief Bill Gates has told BBC News. Read here for more.....
Intel predicts the personal net Mobile devices will deliver a more personal internet within five years, using chips with the power of today's desktop PCs, Intel's head has said. Read here for more.....
Yahoo chief opens the mobile web Yahoo chief Jerry Yang has revealed the firm's future ambitions for an open and mobile web. Central to the company's aims is allowing third party software developers to create small applications which can run in Yahoo portals. Read here for more.....
The best gadgets of CES 2008 More than 20,000 new gadgets and technologies from more than 2,700 companies will be on display at the Consumer Electronics Show. Read here for more.....
Xbox will host BT's TV service BT is teaming up with Microsoft to offer its television service via the software giant's Xbox 360 console. Read here for more.....
Ultra-mobile future becons for PC The desktop PC's days of dominance could be numbered as laptops and ultra-mobile PCs begin to reap the benefit of ever greater, and more efficient, computing power. Read here for more.....
Online drug shopping 'widespread' More than two million people in the UK now buy their drugs online, research published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPSGB) suggests. Up to a third of these medicines may be fake and could seriously damage people's health, it warns. Read here for more.....
Warning on stealthy Windows virus Security experts are warning about a stealthy Windows virus that steals login details for online bank accounts. In the last month, the malicious program has racked up about 5,000 victims - most of whom are in Europe. Read here for more.....
Wi-fi 'milestone' for underground Work will begin later this month to install a mobile and wi-fi network on Glasgow's subway system. Read here for more.....
Sarkozy proposes new internet tax French President Nicolas Sarkozy has proposed new taxes on internet access and mobile phone use. Read here for more.....
Blenders and Brand pick up awards A website demonstrating a blender that can turn an iPhone to pulp is among winners of the annual .net Awards. The website - WillItBlend? - scooped the best viral campaign award. Read here for more.....
Ten techs for the digital living room The digital living room is finally becoming a reality for millions of people as technologies become cheaper and easier to use. Read here for more.....
The joy of nano We listen to our music on nanos, we style our hair with nanos, with the arrival of the Tata Nano people will even be driving nanos, but why are so many products called nano? Read here for more.....
Open source search effort starts For many Google has solved the problem of searching the web. But not everyone is happy with the way it works and the results it gives. Here Jimmy Wales, founder of the Wikipedia encylopedia, talks to the BBC about his new venture - Wikia Search. Read here for more.....
School reports going electronic The traditional school report is to be replaced by an electronic version delivered by e-mail, Schools Minister Jim Knight is set to announce. Read here for more.....
Half of pupils have own computer Almost half of secondary school pupils in the UK have their own individual PC or laptop at home, says a survey of technology use among young people. Read here for more.....
TV threat to children's reading Children should spend less time playing computer games and more time reading with their parents, the Children's Secretary Ed Balls has said. Read here for more.....
Warner backs Sony Blu-ray format Warner Brothers is to release high definition films only in Sony's Blu-ray format, in what is seen as a blow to Toshiba in the long-running format war. Read here for more.....
Blu-ray supporters scent victory The backers of the Blu-ray high definition DVD system are predicting victory in the format wars with HD DVD. The two rival camps have divided consumers since the two incompatible systems were launched. Read here for more.....
Copying CDs could be made legal Copying music from a CD to a home computer could be made legal under new proposals from the UK government. Read here for more.....
Police DNA data review launched The government has launched an inquiry into the way the national police DNA database is used to fight crime. Advisors the Human Genetics Commission (HGC) will oversee the review of the running of the National DNA Database. Read here for more.....
Debating ethics of DNA database The scientist who pioneered genetic fingerprinting says he's concerned that the personal data of innocent people is being wrongly held by police. Read here for more.....
Packemaker to stop faints fitted A London hospital has become the first in the world to implant a new generation of pacemaker to stop people regularly fainting. Read here for more.....
Intel 'undermined' laptop project Intel repeatedly undermined a not-for profit scheme to bring cheap laptops to children in the developing world, the head of the charity told BBC News. Read here for more.....
Predators Online During our investigation into the vulnerability of youngsters online, we found a number of cases in which teenagers and younger children had been approached by predators on social networking sites. Read here for more.....
Sony drops locks on music albums Sony BMG is set to launch a service that will let consumers buy some downloadable albums that are free of copy protection software. Read here for more.....
Amazon signs Sony download deal Fans of Beyonce, Britney Spears and the Foo Fighters will soon be able to download tracks from these artists that lack copy protection. Sony has announced a deal to put its entire catalogue of tracks on the Amazon MP3 store by the end of January. Read here for more.....