News: DVDs Go To Eight GB

By | November 24, 2011
 Soon you can burn more than 8 gigabytes onto a DVD. Technology co-developed by drive maker Philips and media specialists Verbatim and Mitsubishi Kagaku, adds a second recording layer to a standard-thickness DVD+R disc The Register reports. That’s enough for four hours of DVD-quality material, 16 hours of VHS-quality content or two hours’ archive footage. The discs are playback-compatible with existing DVD players and DVD-ROM drives.
 
 

News: PowerBook G4 Woes

By | November 24, 2011
 Apple are having a hard time of it of late. According to CNET hundreds of owners of Apple Computer’s new 15-inch PowerBook G4 are complaining about an apparent design fault that causes white spots to show up on the notebook computer’s liquid crystal display.
 
 
Apple said on Friday that it is looking into the problem. More than 650 individuals have signed an online petition demanding that the Cupertino, Calif.-based company address the issue.

News: Microsoft Launches Voice Recognition for the Pocket PC

By | November 24, 2011
 Microsoft has launched new voice recognition and control software to allow mobile phone and handheld computer users to control most functions of their phones without fiddling with tiny controls. Microsoft Voice Command, Reuters reports, will be sold as a $40 add-on for the Windows Mobile Pocket PC software for PDAs and mobile phones, allowing users to call up a contact on a device by simply asking for a person’s name. It will also launch applications, control phone functions and look up and read back calendar appointments.