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Kodak shares fall after patent ruling
Shares in Kodak have fallen after a ruling by the International Trade Commission that one of its digital imaging patents is "invalid". It comes after Kodak filed a claim against Apple and RIM, which makes Blackberry devices, relating to the way…
Sony has been making the iPhone 5 display since Fe…
Sony has apparently been making components for the display of Apple’s next-generation mobile, the iPhone 5, since February.The Taipei Times reports that Stone Wu, senior analyst at IHS Displaybank, claims Sony began production of in-cell touch panels b…
ViewSonic Pro8300 projector lands for under a gran…
ViewSonic has announced the latest addition to its projector family – the ViewSonic Pro8300.Made with business heads in mind but with enough home entertainment features for the machine to moonlight as a home cinema on weekends, the Pro8300 has been g…
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Monkey disrupts prayers at Saudi mosque
A packed Saudi mosque plunged into pandemonium after a money found its way inside and attacked worshippers just as they were about to kneel down for their daily prayers, a newspaper in the Gulf Kingdom said on Sunday. Hundreds of people have converged on the mosque in the western town of Taif for their evening [...]
Running supercomputers on sunshine
Work is underway to install a solar panel array at the Met Office which will generate enough energy to power one of their supercomputers. The array will generate 221,000 kW hours of electricity per year – enough to power the equivalent of 67 houses – and will save about 116 tonnes of C02 per year. [...]
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Drivers reminded to secure their vehicles
Thames Valley Police is reminding drivers to make sure their vehicle is locked and secure when unattended, following a number of recent thefts in Wokingham. Between 3 May and 8 May, three vehicles were broken into in Orchard Close with another in Grovelands Road. Two other incidents were discovered by police but were not reported [...]
