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5 years ago... PC games blast Eidos to top of league
News The success over the period probably owed more to a certain Lara Croft than it did to any other individual involved in the company. Lara Croft - the gun-toting,... [26 Apr 2004]
Lustrous Attraction to Lara Croft Threatens Computer Safety
White Paper Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, announces the detection of the Internet worm "Lara": the first malicious program that spreads in Desktop Themes files. Lara spreads... [08 Apr 2004]
Lara Croft gets into bed with David Beckham
News Vodafone has signed up computer game heroine Lara Croft - adding her to the brand's stable of pop culture icons which also includes England football captain David Beckham. Lara... [24 Sep 2003]
Virus expert loses head to Belgian hacker
News She has also become something of a sex symbol for young male hackers who frequently try to contact her via her website - a kind of cyber-savvy Lara Croft figure, an image backed up after a silhouetted TV... [16 Jul 2003]
Are these the best applications of technology... ever?
Comment Whether it's Lotus 1-2-3 for the DOS-based PC, SMS for the mobile phone or even Lara Croft for the PlayStation the application is king. People in this industry are wont to talk about killer applications,... [05 Sep 2002]
Eidos shares surge on takeover speculation
News Eidos grew famous as the creator of Tomb Raider and its ubiquitous heroine Lara Croft. Shares in computer games maker Eidos have risen on speculation the company is about to be taken over by French firm... [13 May 2002]
Lara Croft's parents miss the Xbox boat
News Failing to deliver titles to coincide with the much-hyped Xbox launch has forced UK games developer Eidos to lower sales targets for the second time in three months. The company which enjoyed massive success with its Tomb Raider titles... [20 Mar 2002]
Forbidden shares go ballistic after demo
News Forbidden Technologies, the video streaming company started up by the founder of games maker Eidos, saw its shares leap 27 per cent after it demonstrated its product at the Frankfurt Book Fair. The news that the share price had risen by... [12 Oct 2001]
Survey shock: IT pros aren't geeks
News It's official: the geeky image of the IT professional should be consigned to the dustbin of history. The biggest ever lifestyle survey of techies shows that the average worker is a bit more interesting than most people think. [10 Oct 2001]
Magistr.b hits the screen
News Kaspersky Labs also warned today of an internet worm named after Tomb Raider heroine Lara Croft. A version of the Magistr virus, which can escape detection from anti-virus scanners has been detected by... [05 Sep 2001]
Viacom chief claims worst is over in ad slump
News Viacom owns the CBS television network, MTV, Blockbuster, cable networks, and the Paramount studio, now riding high on the success of the film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. US media group Viacom has stuck its... [27 Jul 2001]
Web surfers watch Snatch
News Universally slated war epic Pearl Harbor came second in the piracy stakes, beating Oscar winning Traffic and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider into third and fourth place respectively. Lara... [13 Jul 2001]
The web on your doormat
Comment A survey by Dixons revealed that 97 per cent of 18-22 year olds know who Lara Croft is. But this internet guide is made of paper, which at the very least puts it in the 'incongruous' category. Apparently... [24 May 2001]
Multimedia mobiles aim to woo consumers
News Ericsson today announced that its Bluetooth headset, cordless web screen and the R310 mobile phone are all being used by Lara Croft in the forthcoming Tomb Raider film. The mobile handset manufacturer... [22 Feb 2001]
Unmetered mobile internet and teaching, protecting and exploiting the e-children
News As if echoing the development of children's playthings over time, we now move from toys onto the high-tech world of computer games with news in the Telegraph that Lara Croft, the star of the Tomb Raider... [17 Nov 2000]
