The Diamond Light by Hiroki Takada. Read the original here:| ]Diamond Light
Archive of posts filed under the BBC category.
Virgin150Mb broadband
Virgin Media will offer 100 to 150Mbps broadband speeds up to two years before BT completes its rival fibre network. Read more … [BBC News]
‘Carbon cost’ of Google revealed
Two search requests on the internet website Google produce “as much carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle”, according to a Harvard University academic. US physicist Alex Wissner-Gross claims that a typical Google search on a desktop computer produces about 7g CO2. However, these figures were disputed by Google, who say a typical search produced only [...]
Microsoft begins Windows 7 push
Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer kicked off the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas by announcing the first public release of Windows 7.
Chinese PC giant to cut workforce
Lenovo is the world’s fourth-biggest personal computer maker One of the world’s largest computer manufacturers, Chinese-based Lenovo, says it is to cut about 2,500 jobs around the world. Lenovo blamed the cuts, which amount to nearly 11% of its total workforce, on the global economic downturn and a fall in demand for PCs. It said [...]
Pioneer of cyberspace honoured
A professor who invented a forerunner of the world wide web is made a dame in the New Year Honours.
What are your shopping rights?
Trading Standards and Citizens Advice can help We all get gifts at Christmas that we do not really like and even the odd one that is broken. But do you know when it’s actually worth fighting your way through the January sales to try to get an exchange or refund? Your rights are based around [...]
Hi-tech helps track Santa Claus
The US military’s tradition of tracking Santa’s Christmas Eve progress continues, with new web-based tools.
EU’s new online library reopens
A pan-European digital cultural library which crashed just hours after its launch last month is back online.
Vietnam tightens rules on blogs
Vietnam tightens restrictions on internet blogs, banning bloggers from raising subjects the government deems inappropriate.