A South Korean firm said Thursday it has developed a dirt-resistant screen for notebook computers, by using a principle similar to non-stick frying pans.

The end of the world really could be at hand, scientists warn, and there are a number of ways it could happen, the British Association science festival in Glasgow heard.

The PlayStation 3 was launched last year in Japan - Sony is taking advantage of Nintendo Wii shortages and a recent price cut of the PlayStation 3 to double weekly sales of the console in the US.

Sony boss Howard Stringer told the Associated Press news agency: “It’s a little fortuitous that the Wii is running out of hardware.”

Two weeks after the price cut Sony sold 100,000 PS3s in seven days.

Tired of carrying your laptop charger and spare batteries around? Soon you won’t have to.

Thanks to work being funded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, laptop batteries could have a continuous power battery that lasts for 30 years without a single recharge.

After many setbacks the dream of building a “$100″ laptop for use in third world countries has been realised this week, with the first model rolling off the production line.

Following on from the ‘Mouse Brain simulated on a Computer‘ article, I wonder how close we are in terms of achieving a fully synthetic human brain? Will there be a technological break through in the coming years to decide the fate of Artificial life forms?.. only time will tell I guess, but for the mean time, meet Jules, ’supposedly’ the most life-like robot to date.

Google has unveiled software it hopes will power a variety of future mobile phones and boost the web on the move. The software could lead to cheaper phones as it is designed to speed up the process of making mobile services.

The move will be seen as a major competitor to Microsoft, Research in Motion, Palm and Symbian, who make the leading software systems for mobiles.