14/12/2011

Epic race to South Pole remembered on 100th anniversary

One hundred years ago Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen won the race to the South Pole in a dramatic and ultimately fatal duel with British adventurer Robert Scott that captured the world's attention.

Non-porn players rush to grab .xxx websites

Colleges, museums and well known groups have rushed to grab online addresses in the ".xxx" domain to prevent porn purveyors from using their names in the Internet's new red light district.

Invisible computing comes to Asia tech expo

A robotic cook, a colouring book that comes to virtual life and movies that read your mind are some of the innovations on show at a cutting-edge computer technology exhibition in Hong Kong this week.

Founding Apple document sells for $1.6 million

The founding papers setting up Apple Computers sold Tuesday in New York for just under $1.6 million, ten times the maximum amount that had been expected by Sotheby's auctioneers.

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