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January, 2008

Jan 31 2008

Forget E-reader and Kindle, think Polymer

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The First Fold-able Screen Phone

A refreshable reading screen, the Readuis is a paper-toned film that rolls out of its mobile-phone-sized case to roughly the width of a paperback, launched in Italy later this year it has 4GB of memory and a remarkable 10-day battery life.

Jan 31 2008

Mirror Image LCD

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It requires no ventilation, laughs at humidity, can easily slip behind a mirror and yet projects crystal clear video onto glass - and when it is switched off, it vanishes completely.

Jan 30 2008

Virus programmer prosecuted for copyright

Sounds strange, but it was the only way the Japanese authorities could successfully prosecute the 24 year old student from Japan.

Jan 30 2008

Wii doubles Nintendo’s profit

Recent sales figures released show that the Wii console boosted Nintendo’s profit by nearly 200% from the previous year - Sales rose 84.7 per cent from a year ago to 1.316 trillion yen ($US12.35 billion) from $US7.12 billion.

Jan 29 2008

Support request 10 years too late

A US customer claims it took Microsoft an amazing 10 years to follow-up on a call he made in 1998. Supposedly, it was a clerical error where the receptionist had keyed a “08″ instead of a “98″ for the year that the call was to be returned.

Jan 28 2008

Government backed exams for Smart phones

Mobiles are becoming so complicated to use that the Japanese government has plans to help users by having structured examinations on how to use them!

Jan 28 2008

Banned UK video game

Rockstar Games have been ordered to have their banned Video game, Manhunt 2 (banned in June 2007 in the UK), to be re-evaluated by an appeals committee.