Photojojo’s 90-Degree SLR Spy Lens

Photojojo’s 90-Degree SLR Spy Lens

A perfect example of “Now why didn’t I think of that?” making perfect sense: Photojojo recently made its Super-Secret Spy Lens available for purchase on its website. For at least $50, you get an SLR lens attachment that contains a 90-degree mirror inside, allowing users to point their camera away ...

Cyber-crime rising, report warns

Cyber-crime rising, report warns

Complaints of internet fraud received by a US watchdog last year rose by 33% from 2007, according to its latest report.

Q&A: Protection

Q&A: Protection

How to protect yourself from the Conficker worm

Manifesto moment

Manifesto moment

Opening the clouds will be tricky, says Bill Thompson

Sectarianism.com

Sectarianism.com

Social networks and the sectarian divide

EU presses for web users’ privacy

EU presses for web users’ privacy

The EU warns internet firms to make better efforts to protect their consumers’ information or face tougher regulation.

Microsoft to discontinue Encarta

Microsoft to discontinue Encarta

- Microsoft Corp. is to exit its Encarta encyclopedia business later this year after losing ground over the years to freely available reference material on the Internet on web sites like Wikipedia.

Google forms $100 million venture fund

Google forms $100 million venture fund

NEW YORK – Google Inc is forming a $100 million fund to invest in early-stage start-up firms.

Tech spending may fall more in ’09 than post-dotcom

Tech spending may fall more in ’09 than post-dotcom

SAN FRANCISCO/LONDON – Global information technology spending will fare worse in 2009 than during the dotcom bubble collapse of 2001, industry research firm Gartner Inc said on Tuesday in cutting earlier projections.

China rejects computer spy claims as "ghost of Cold War"

China rejects computer spy claims as "ghost of Cold War"

BEIJING – China Tuesday rejected a report suggesting it may be involved in using computer networks to spy on exiled Tibetans and foreign governments, accusing its authors of being possessed by “the ghost of the Cold War.”

Sony cuts price of PlayStation 2, not PS3

Sony cuts price of PlayStation 2, not PS3

NEW YORK – Sony Corp said it cut the price of its older video game console, the PlayStation 2, by 23 percent to $99.99, in an attempt to woo budget-minded families.

Wanted: Weapons of Fate: Savor the kill

Wanted: Weapons of Fate: Savor the kill

RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Wanted: Weapons of Fate: Action game. (Developer: GRIN. Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. $49.99-$59.99 for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. ESRB Rating: Mature.) Yes, you can bend bullets in the video-game spin-off Wanted:…

In the news

In the news

Stocks tumble – Wall Street’s March rally is on hold after the White House rejected turnaround plans from General Motors and Chrysler. Major indexes fell 3 percent Monday, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which lost 254 points but finished…

Microsoft to shutter encyclopedia Encarta

Microsoft to shutter encyclopedia Encarta

Microsoft Corp.’s digital encyclopedia, Encarta, might have pushed its printed competitors off the shelves in some homes. Now Encarta itself has fallen victim to changes in technology, made all but obsolete by the likes of Web search and Wikipedia. Microsoft…

Honda connects brain thoughts with robotics

Honda connects brain thoughts with robotics

Opening a car trunk or controlling a home air conditioner could become just a wish away with Honda’s new technology that connects thoughts inside a brain with robotics. Honda Motor Co. has developed a way to read patterns of electric currents on a person’s…