technology

For me, one of the most amazing things about our universe is the beauty of the stars and the planets, dispersed around the skies. Perhaps one of the most exciting concepts is that there is still so much that we are yet to see or even know about. What exactly is in the furthest West [...]

Nokia, the largest manufacturer of mobile phones on the planet, has announced that they will be suing software giants Apple for technology used in the Apple iPhone, of which Nokia claim is part of a patent they own.
The iPhone, which has sold millions of handsets, is the world’s most popular smart phone. However, Nokia claim [...]

eBay has confirmed that it may be forced to shut down Skype after a large dispute with its original founders regarding license agreements.
When eBay purchased the VoIP-service in 2005, for $2.6 billion, the agreement did not include a piece of code which is necessary to power Skype and its operations. Because of this, eBay has [...]

American researchers have been looking into the possibility of alternatives to the blocky, stripy black and white barcodes that we now find plastered onto just about every product we buy, with a sleek and tiny technology that could see an end to the current traditional barcodes we have now.
Bokodes are 0.1 inches in diameter and [...]

On Wednesday, June 10 2009 at 5:22am ET, the Internet made real history. It wasn’t an Internet expert developing and launching a Website answering all of the world’s questions, it wasn’t a new search engine going live that will “revolutionize the Internet” and it wasn’t the invent of a new programming language - in fact, [...]

eBay has said that they are going to enforce a worldwide ban on sales of ivory on the site starting next year. Sales of ivory will be totally banned, in a plan to help stop the brutal killing of African and Asian elephants for their tusks.
A society has revealed that eBay has had over 4,000 [...]

The world’s oldest blogger, Olive Riley, has unfortunately died aged an amazing 108. Her death was mourned by many of her friends and readers, all of which online. Olive had been blogging since February 2007 and has written over 70 blog posts regarding her life and the olden days. I would like to write about [...]

I WANT ONE OF THOSE
Online Shopping, www.iwantoneofthose.co.uk
Week Begining June, 2 2008
Online shopping is becoming more and more popular nowerdays, and if you are a gadget geek, a techno junkie, or a bargian hunter, then this site is exactly what you need. It contains hundreds of fantastic pieces of excellent technological and original kit for you [...]

In the 1870s, Alexander Bell and Elisha Gray invented the concept of the telephone, and in the 1920s John Logie Baird invented the television. These were amazing changes to technology, and the way people looked at it. People could talk to someone without leaving the house, and they could see entertainment on a screen without [...]

Myself, I am not a gamer who uses a console a lot. In fact, I’m not really a gamer. My life is centered around the internet, computers and technology. But, on the occasion, I do “game”. And when I do, I ask myself the same question. Do games consoles really differ from each other.
I mean: [...]