20.08.2008 Auction website eBay has revealed it plans to reduce the fees it charges sellers to list fixed-price items from September. more...
20.08.2008 NASDAQ-listed financial software and payments company Trintech this morning reported a net loss of close to US$1m in its fiscal second quarter, despite delivering revenues of US$10.5m for the quarter. more...
18.08.2008 Normally when a new TV series or movie does product tie-ins with a fast food chain, it manifests itself in the form of branded drinks containers and wind-up toys, but Google and Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has chosen to work with fast food joint Burger King in a decidedly new media way – by animating the ads. more...
14.08.2008 Death metal t-shirts, beards, ponytails and sneakers used to be the lot of the much-maligned nerd. But from today, suave techies can cut a dashing, more refined figure in a sleek, tailored gadget suit that can block out Bluetooth hackers and shield the body from radiation. more...
14.08.2008 Peek inside the mind of an interior designer and a landscape gardener for a taste of domestic bliss in this week’s Blog Digest. more...
13.08.2008 A youth charity organisation has relaunched a more Web 2.0-oriented website aimed at helping stressed-out second-level students, no doubt fretting today whether they will have enough points for the college course of their choice. more...
12.08.2008 There are fears that a new digital divide is emerging in the form of home networks, which it seems have gone beyond the domain of some well tuned-in geeks to a must-have for middle-to-upper class homes with wads of disposable income. more...
12.08.2008 CityJet has created its own TV channel using a digital media system (DMS), which allows it to provide content to its 720 employees, as well as target customers at the airports it operates from. more...
12.08.2008
Beijing 2008 Google Earth video
Fireworks have literally erupted across the internet in the past 24 hours over revelations that the stunning firework performance at the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony on Friday last actually employed digital animation to provide the procession of footprints across the Beijing skyline. more...
12.08.2008 The bitter conflict currently ongoing between Georgia, the former Soviet republic, and Russia over the Georgian province of South Ossetia appears to have migrated online. more...
11.08.2008 In a strategic move timed ahead of the busy Q4 sales season, Microsoft has given the entry level Xbox 360 a 300pc boost in storage capacity from 20GB to a new 60GB, but is keeping the price of the console the same. more...
11.08.2008 Results announced today by WEEE Ireland, the national compliance scheme for electrical recycling, place Ireland among the ‘Best in Class’ of European countries. more...