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Photos: Robots learn how to get friendly with humans
Photo It randomly generates the three hand shapes for the game and by using a range of sensors is able to tell whether it's won, lost or drawn the contest. Berti can also be set up to play the... [20 Feb 2009]
Opera mobile gets Symbian support
News The importance of add-ons, overall speed, Flash support, and general navigability cannot be overstated in the simmering contest among Opera, Firefox, and newcomer Skyfire. There's Twitter, AccuWeather, a clock, Shopping... [20 Oct 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 26.05.06
Round-Up Employment opportunities have dried up following the conclusion of the Lord of the Rings films and while some orcs recently enjoyed unprecedented success in the Eurovision Song Contest, the lot of the average,... [26 May 2006]
Google-AOL deal on the cards?
News The shifting negotiations apparently put an end to a heated and closely watched contest between Google and Microsoft over a key source of Google's advertising revenue. The talks escalated in recent months to focus on a... [19 Dec 2005]
Chess master takes on supercomputer
News The six-game contest between Adams and Hydra will run from 21 June to 27 June. Kasparov defeated Deep Blue in their first contest, in 1996. Nearly 10 years after the first epic clash... [25 May 2005]
Hacker contest aims for better security
News An ethical hacking contest at the annual DefCon conference in Las Vegas is aiming to promote better security practice. The Root Fu contest pits eight teams - including some experts from US federal... [05 Aug 2003]
5 years ago... Microsoft browser overtakes Netscape rival
News 14.07.98 Microsoft's Internet Explorer has finally overtaken Netscape Navigator in the browser popularity contest. By this stage everyone knew the game was up in 'the browser wars' of the late 1990s but... [14 Jul 2003]
The Weekly Round-Up: 04.07.03
Round-Up The contest sees higher points awarded for sites that are run on less common servers. The winner of the contest will be the group that defaces 6,000 servers in the shortest amount of time. Watching the... [04 Jul 2003]
Xbox security cracked by 007
News Michael Robertson, founder of Linux company Lindows, has encouraged such work with a two-part contest, each part carrying a $100,000 prize. A final decision won't be made until the contest expires on 31... [01 Apr 2003]
Lindows chief admits dangling Xbox hack 'carrot'
News Michael Robertson, chief executive of open source software firm Lindows, has admitted he was the anonymous donor of $200,000 in prize money in a contest to translate the Linux operating system to Microsoft's Xbox... [03 Jan 2003]
3G survival tactics - what are they?
Comment As operators get their heads around which services work it is likely they will keep on lobbying the governments who issued licences for the spectrum 3G uses - by beauty contest or expensive auction - for better terms. [27 Aug 2002]
Betting anytime, anywhere - and at any stage of a game?
Comment Technology developed by the two was tested at the football World Cup this summer.subscribers in Germany were able to guess the outcome of matches up until the last few seconds of each contest, said Scaraboo CEO Juergen... [14 Aug 2002]
Football sites stagger under data traffic
News It's been the most surprising contest in World Cup history, but one prediction has come true - World Cup sites have been staggering under the weight of online football fans. It wasn't until halfway through the... [12 Jun 2002]
The Ovum View: The 3G World Cup - what's the score?
Comment Mobile operators in Western Europe have launched services offering up to the minute text message alerts on your country's progress throughout the contest. Since most football viewers will watch the game... [31 May 2002]
Does Google's power threaten the web? (part two)
News Daniel Brandt, who publishes the watchdog site Google-watch.org, complains that PageRank is the equivalent of a popularity contest that favours major, established websites. In an effort to beat Google at its own... [31 Oct 2001]
