This week's print edition of the Technology supplement is online too.. with a look at Vista's sound problems for amateurs and pros, whether paid-for social networking can work, new interactive "travel time" maps (with house prices), interview Eugene Kaspersky, and look at thermoelectricity. Plus opinion, games reviews, Ask Jack and more. Click through for the full links..
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Why Vista sounds worse
Changes to how the latest version of Windows handles audio playback has caused unexpected quality issues for musicians and consumers alike, reports Tim Anderson - The internet rewards the lazy and punishes the intrepidNicholas Carr: As GPS transceivers become common accessories in cars, the benefits have been manifold
- GamesThe Club | Endless Ocean | Universe at War: Invasion Earth
- Newly asked questionsIs a US spy satellite going to land on my head?
- NewsbytesNew Google views | We shop | Milk, eggs, Dell | 50 meg broadband | GMX returns | Challenging Flash chips | A-Life for Southampton | UK gets OneCare
- Revolutionary 'travel time' maps stumble at the cost barrierYou've got your dream job in central London. You're prepared to travel for between 30 and 60 minutes to get to it. You've also got enough money to put a deposit on a house. Where do you start looking?
- How to fight those foxy forces of evil effectivelyKeith Stuart: Last week a Fox News report on the Xbox 360 game Mass Effect characterised the critically acclaimed sci-fi epic as a sexually explicit adventure filled with nudity
- Making social networking pay - for usersCan websites that promise to pay visitors for visiting really work? Or does history show that they are doomed to fail?
- TechnophileMicrosoft's Natural Desktop 7000 is not the cheapest ergonomic combo, but it does the job with style, says Kate Bevan
- Letters and blogsIt's just not fair | Cutting through the bias | Spies in the sky | Imperial thought | Bigger, better, faster? | Sharing is caring | Firefox not so hot
- YouChooseNo two-tone glasses required | 'Legal letter' 90% downloaded | At the third peg ...
- The ex-KGB man stalking the cybercriminalsThe founder of Kaspersky Lab, Eugene Kaspersky, sees himself as a modern revolutionary trying to keep us safe from malware authors
- Ask JackShared insecurity | But why? | Cheap laptop | Save the Office | Psion repairs | Backchat
- Insider blames overheating GPU for Xbox 360 failuresThe high failure rate of the original version of Microsoft's Xbox 360 games console is principally due to the graphics processor unit getting too hot and warping the motherboard, claims an anonymous source within Microsoft
- How hardcore gamers are being pushed aside by the soft surroundWhich is the leading next-generation console company? Is it Sony, with its energy-sucking PlayStation 3? Or Microsoft, the new adult on the block?
