Video games on consoles and computers proved more popular than ever in 2004. Gamers spent more than £1.34bn in 2004,…
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PlayStation 3 processor unveiled
The Cell processor, which will drive Sony’s PlayStation 3, will run 10-times faster than current PC chips, its designers have…
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‘Blog’ picked as word of the year
The term “blog” has been chosen as the top word of 2004 by a US dictionary publisher. Merriam-Webster said “blog”…
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What price for ‘trusted PC security’?
You can now buy “trusted computers”, but can we really trust the PC vendors, asks technology analyst Bill Thompson. If…
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Xbox 2 may be unveiled in summer
Details of the next generation of Microsoft’s Xbox games console – codenamed Xenon – will most likely be unveiled in…
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BT boosts its broadband packages
British Telecom has said it will double the broadband speeds of most of its home and business customers. The increased…
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Global blogger action day called
The global web blog community is being called into action to lend support to two imprisoned Iranian bloggers. The month-old…
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Digital guru floats sub-$100 PC
Nicholas Negroponte, chairman and founder of MIT’s Media Labs, says he is developing a laptop PC that will go on…
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Camera phones are ‘must-haves’
Four times more mobiles with cameras in them will be sold in Europe by the end of 2004 than last…
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Cyber criminals step up the pace
So-called phishing attacks that try to trick people into handing over confidential details have boomed in 2004, say security experts.…
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