Category: Technology

Text messaging is set to boom on 14 February as picture messaging also faces the first big test of its popularity.

Remains of Shuttle Astronauts Identified. The remains of all seven Columbia crew members have been positively identified, NASA officials said today. By

Boffins outline 24Mbps mobile phone chip design. Not due until 2006

Linux to power most Motorola phones. The tech giant will begin selling its first cell phone based on Linux this year and says most models will follow suit–a sign of the growing popularity of the operating system. By Stephen Shankland,

House and Senate negotiators have agreed that a Pentagon project intended to detect terrorists by monitoring e-mail and commercial databases for health, financial and travel information cannot be used against Americans The conferees also agreed to restrict further research on the program without extensive consultation with Congress. While here in Ireland, our Minister will retain…

The Register is reporting some details of the Xbox 2, following an interview Bill Gates did with a French paper. According to Gates the Xbox 2 will include “digital media capabilities such as video and photo editing” and “Internet capabilities without the need for direct connections through Wi-Fi.”

A 3G wireless chip from Australia’s Bell Labs promises to spawn cell phones that can receive sharp, real-time video and other data at speeds that beat a home broadband connection. It’s faster than Wi-Fi, but analysts wonder if it will catch on. By Elisa Batista.

Long-term alternatives to the shuttle are limited only by imagination. In the meantime, Atlantis, Discovery and Endeavour carry on. By Kenneth Chang.

Bad weather has forced a delay to the final launch of Europe’s Ariane 4 rocket from French Guiana.

The Register is reporting that a Tablet PC that was stolen from a computer shop has been recovered using tracking information. Once the stolen Tablet connected to the Net, a tamper resistant agent on the hard drive logged the IP address and sent the information the security firms servers. Police then obtained a phone number…