Stories by Tom Spring

Article | 25/01/2008 US OLPC recipients irate over delays, headaches
When Seattle, Washington resident David Ruggiero heard about an opportunity to get his hands on the innovative XO laptop made by the <a href=" http://...
Article | 24/01/2008 A Closer Look: Beta Vista Service Pack 1
With dissatisfaction over the Vista operating system persistent, can Microsoft right the OS's wrongs with its upcoming Vista service pack?
Article | 24/10/2007 Vista still plagued by incompatibilities
If you're running Vista and you need a multifunction printer, Brother's MFC-5860CN might seem like a great choice. After all, it's proudly sold as "Ce...
Article | 5/10/2007 Jury to decide fate of illegal file swapper
The case against alleged illegal file swapper Jammie Thomas goes to the jury Thursday. Thomas is accused of illegally distributing 1702 music files us...
Article | 3/10/2007 New yahoo search delivers smarter results
Yahoo released new search tools yesterday hoping to give Web searchers a leg up on finding what they want fast. I've been kicking the tires of the new...
Article | 28/09/2007 GeoWeb helps the Internet become a smaller place
Location, location, location is the mantra in real estate. Could it be the same for the Internet? The answer is "yes', according panelists at a MIT te...
Article | 28/09/2007 Weird new IRobots unleashed
From the company that brought us the Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner now comes the Looj Gutter Cleaning Robot and the ConnectR Virtual Visiting Robot th...
Article | 25/09/2007 Vista backlash: Microsoft lets Vista users revert to XP
Hate Vista? If your PC is running Microsoft Windows Vista Business or Windows Ultimate and you're fed up with the OS you may be able to ditch Vista fo...
Article | 21/09/2007 Nokia 6301 Handset Makes WiFi and GSM Calls
Nokia hopped onto the convergence phone bandwagon today with its Nokia 6301 handset which can handover a live cell phone call from a carrier's cellula...
Article | 4/05/2007 Net radio gets 60 more days to fight fee hike
Web radio stations have 60 more days to try to reverse a ruling that many say will shutter thousands of Web radio broadcasters. A rate increase agains...
Article | 11/01/2007 CES - Sony shows off razor-thin prototype OLED TVs
Sony has showed models of flat panel TVs that were as thin as 8 millimeters -- less than the width of a pen -- at the CES show.
Article | 16/05/2005 Undercover agent: AntiSpyware Beta1
In addition to spyware and adware detection and removal, Microsoft AntiSpyware includes a variety of security and privacy tools, such as one that aler...

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