Category: Technology

‘3’ has opened a shop on Londons Oxford Street. What does it sell? 3G phones. Yes they are here, and over the next year we might be using 3G (UMTS) networks without even realising it. There is a fairly comprehensive here, on the Herald Tribune. I read a similar article to it in the Economist.

The Beast of Redmond, and the games company EA, are both considering buying the troubled Sega. According to this Reg report Microsoft may seek an established software house like Sega to boost their beleagured Xbox line. EA may also add to their portfolio of companies, Sega shares climbed by 15% on talk of a buyout…

A story on the trials and tribulations of building the Airbus A380. This thing is just going to be huge. I honestly can’t wait to see it finished, or to fly on it. Unfortunately my esteemed uncle, an engineer for Qantas, is not so keen on Airbus. His motto is “Boeing, or I’m not going”>

Karlin has put her weekly Irish Times article on her blog today. She writes a stirring piece about Irish goverment plans to retain records of citizens’ telecommunication records for up to three years. This is more stringent than any other EU country – one has to ask if the goverment thinks Ireland has suddenly become…

The Inquirer: PCI Express means death of AGP standard. This means that everyone has to go and get new computers if they want the latests cards. How surprising.

New Scientist has a story saying that the US Air Force may build a nuclear powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The Pentagon last week allocated $1 billion of its 2004 budget for further development of both armed and unarmed UAVs. Because a standard fission reactor would be too heavy, it is speculated that they would…

The story from Saturday that I submitted to Slashdot has now been posted on their frontpage. I love reading the comments about my submissions. Among the funniest from this one is that the Library of Congress, should it go ahead with archiving the Internet, will then have the biggest archive of porn in the world.…

The Washington Post is reporting that the Library of Congress in the US plans to initiate the $100 million National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP). It is hoped that the project will lead to the preservation of data, that is constantly changing on the Internet. But I wonder who will choose what is…

Plasma somehow managed to get inside the shuttle according to New Scientist. Super hot ionised leaked in, and melted parts of the shuttle from the inside. Is this related to the photographs taken of plasma bolts hitting the shuttle

Broadband users in the UK are now considering suing over NTL’s decision to impose a download cap of 1GB a day. The Reg also says that many have now cancelled their subscriptions in protest. Unfortunately DSL in Ireland from Eircom has a cap of 3GB A MONTH!