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RSS playedBig Brother creator brings soap opera to mobiles
News Endemol UK has teamed up with premium messaging provider Opera Telecom to release the first soap opera to be played out over mobile phones, using MMS picture messaging. Characters include Nick, guitarist and singer in... [03 Sep 2004]
The Matrix - coming to a mobile phone near you
News Mobile phones played an important role in the film The Matrix. It also has an XHTML browser and supports several multiplayer games, which can be played via infrared or Bluetooth. So it seemed only... [05 Dec 2002]
'Uncle of the Web' dies
News Michael Dertouzos, the computer scientist who played a crucial part in establishing the World Wide Web, has died in a Boston hospital aged 64. Tim Berners-Lee, known as the Father of the Web, and a close friend of... [30 Aug 2001]
MySpace worm goes phishing
News A malicious video on MySpace.com pages changes people's profiles when played, embedding itself and adding links to fraudulent websites, experts have warned. When played by a MySpace user, the video adds... [05 Dec 2006]
Games makers to hook users with fakes
News The cat and mouse game played between computer games companies and software pirates has seen a bold move by the establishment. As the game is played, the master program can identify it as a fake when it... [14 Oct 2003]
Sony recalls millions of copy-protected CDs
News Record label Sony BMG Music Entertainment said on Tuesday that it will recall millions of CDs that, if played in a consumer's PC, will expose the computer to serious security risks. Although more than two million of the... [16 Nov 2005]
Microsoft targets Sony copy-protection tool
News Microsoft will update its security tools to detect and remove part of the copy protection tools installed on PCs when some music CDs are played. The Sony BMG software installs itself deeply inside a hard drive when a CD... [14 Nov 2005]
BBC Music talking semantics
News The BBC artists pages, a repository of information on singers and bands played on several BBC radio stations, have been running as a closed beta project since June last year. Semantic web technology involves the tagging... [20 Jan 2009]
Photos: When tech chiefs rock out...
Photo In Las Vegas Gates played a replica Les Paul guitar from computer game Guitar Hero, while Slash played the real thing next to him. He played a modified version of Knocking on Heaven's... [22 Jan 2008]
Web radio pioneer goes the way of Napster
News The California-based KPIG station has stopped broadcasting because of the internet radio royalty scheme which forces web broadcasters to pay 0.07 cents per song played to the copyright owner. Soon all internet radio... [25 Jul 2002]
Gates dodges the big issue
Comment He sidestepped the DoJ issue altogether, unless you count a parody he and Steve Ballmer conducted of Austin Powers (Ballmer played Dr Evil). Microsoft has played a crucial role in making this industry... [11 May 2000]
UK boffins launch jazz software... nice
News As soon as an instrument is played, the software starts to "buzz" around the notes being played - creating further dimension to the artists' music. UK scientists have developed a software programme which... [07 May 2002]
The Weekly Round-Up: 19.01.07
Round-Up The mobile phone giant will also be roping in 200 'special guests' for this marketing extravaganza which could - fingers crossed - even make it into the Guinness Book of Records as 'the highest gig ever' (though we're pretty sure Keith... [19 Jan 2007]
CIOs vital in mergers and acquisitions
News Two CIOs who respectively played a major role in the £1.75bn sale of the AA to CVC and Permira and the merger of TI Group and Smith Industries agreed that IT input was vital to the deals. Trevor Didcock, former CIO of... [10 Jan 2008]
Apple accuses Real over iTunes 'hacking'
News In a terse statement, a "stunned" Apple accused RealNetworks of adopting "the tactics and ethics of a hacker" with the release of its Harmony software, which allows songs sold via its online store to be played on a... [30 Jul 2004]
