ASUS: ‘We run out of hard disks at the end of the month’

Good job we make all those Flash-based netbooks
ASUS managed a slight increase in profit for the third quarter of this year, despite the global slowdown in PC sales.…

Adventures in Tech: Taking the plunge into IPv6

Our intrepid reporter does it, but you’ll still have to
Part 1 The threat from the fast-dwindling supply of mainstream “IPv4″ Internet addresses for new users is a bit like Y2K creeping up on us all over again. Almost no one can see beyond the cost of …

BT hires another battalion of troops to speed fibre rollout

Ex-military types to blow two-thirds of Blighty ‘by 2014′
BT has brushed aside the possibility that it could be hampered by any number of problems that might delay its plan to push “superfast” broadband to two thirds of the UK come 2015 2014, by hiring…

Facebook’s Swedish data centre will be subject to Snoop Law

It’s the law, innit… bitch
The icy location is a big advantage for the new data centre that Facebook is planning in the northern Swedish town of Lulea. But while the frigid Arctic winds will fan the servers, it’s the legal climate that could get hot.…

BT accelerates its broadband roll-out

BT is to accelerate its roll-out of fibre-optic broadband, bringing superfast internet speeds to two-thirds of the country a year earlier than planned, and hiring hundreds of engineers for the drive.

Being Modern: The dot.moms

As any adult who has ever consulted Dr Google will know, there are risks to be run when trawling the internet for information on matters of life and death. So where do new parents turn for guidance now that Dr Spock’s Baby and Child Care is not the onl…

Dawn of the digital style guru

Fashion is a bruising business at the best of times and, for many, the idea of having their fashion foibles scrutinised by millions is the stuff of nightmares. But the rise of online digital styling is transforming shopping, and a growing number of co…

Gaming: the birth of an art form?

Dismissed as the preserve of pimply nerds, computer games are often condemned as a short cut to obesity and singledom. Now a new award aims to celebrate them as an art form.

Independent title – yet to be released – wins GameCity Prize

An independent game which has yet to even be officially released has scooped the top award at gaming’s equivalent of the Man Booker Prize.

The 10 best-selling games

 
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