10th February 2008 Archive

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Chinese supplier lets buyers design their own handsets

Make your ZZZPhone to order

Not satisfied with the iPhone’s camera? Wish LG’s Viewty had a larger screen? Well, one manufacturer will now make you a handset to order, built from the chipset upwards, with all the features you want, for an eye-popping $149. The ZZZPhone: it's what you make of it The ZZZPhone company takes an unbranded handset and allows …

Mobile 10 Feb 2008, 09:02
French motorwonk savages hybrid cars

Je crache sur le Prius, voiture des puanteurs

A French automotive-industry researcher has published an attack on hybrid cars, suggesting that they aren't a good sustainable way to save the planet and will prevent other technologies from developing. The author of Hybrid vehicles: a temporary step is Jean-Jacques Chanaron, Research Director at the French National Centre for …

Science 10 Feb 2008, 09:02
UK teen is world's youngest certified ethical hacker (maybe)

Born to tinker

For as long as he can remember, Shane Kelly has taken a keen interest in taking things apart. When he was 11 and his family took delivery of its first PC, he promptly pulled off the cover and disassembled it, much to the chagrin of his parents. "They weren't too impressed at the time," Kelly, who is now 16, says. "But I put it …

Security 10 Feb 2008, 09:02
Yahoo! to! reject! Microsoft! offer!

It's a steal

The board at Yahoo! plans to reject Microsoft's unsolicited $44.6bn takeover offer, the Wall Street Journal reports. Quoting "a person familiar with the situation," the publication states that after a series of meetings over this weekend, the board thinks the software giant's bid "massively undervalues" Yahoo!. Microsoft boss …

Financial News 10 Feb 2008, 15:33
Apple to announce iPhone and iPod Touch price cuts?

Hold onto your hard-earned for just a few weeks more

Apple is planning to drop the prices of the iPhone and iPod line within the next month or two - perhaps at a rumoured late February announcement - a Mac enthusiast site has climed. Website 9to5Mac received word that the cuts are on their way. The reduction is said to be $100 off the price of models in both the iPod Touch and …

Phones 10 Feb 2008, 18:34
Bluetooth body confirms Wi-Fi 'hijack' plan

Mobile World Congress 802.11 to speed Bluetooth transmissions

The organisation behind Bluetooth will tomorrow go public on its plan to borrow bandwidth from Wi-Fi, allowing the device-to-device wireless connection technology to offer faster data transfers when it needs to. It's a stepping stone, of course, until Bluetooth is firmly fitted on top of ultrawideband (UWB) radios, but until …

Broadband 10 Feb 2008, 19:14
Zeemote unveils controller for phone games

Mobile World Congress Sixaxis jr.?

Like playing games on your phone but you're fed up using a numeric keypad to play? Start-up Zeemote reckons it has the answer: a compact Bluetooth-connected joystick controller. Zeemote's Zeeote: phone gaming gets serious? Also dubbed the Zeemote, the 95 x 35 x 20mm, 47g gadget is designed to be held in one hand while you …

Hardware 10 Feb 2008, 20:17