In print: what delays broadband, Bill and Steve's visions for your home (and phone), are games bad?, Chris Delay of Introversion interviewed, making data more useful by freeing it, and much more

This week's print edition of the Technology supplement is online too..

• Broadband's turn-on frustrations
  It's synonymous with high-speed connectivity, so why do new users have to wait so long to get broadband? SA Mathieson delves into BT's exchanges to find out.
• All abuzz, Bill sets his sights on networking your home...
  In his annual CES speech, the Microsoft boss finally delivered what had been promised for so long: Vista.
• ... and so does Steve, with the launch of Apple TV
  Steve Jobs then offered the Apple TV and iPhone
• Sorry, Boris, these 'blasted gizmos' are here to stay
  Keith Stuart: If anyone tries to tell you at some point in 2007 that videogames are now an accepted mainstream art form, slap them quickly. And when the initial look of shock fades to one of slack-mouthed confusion, slap them again. They are incredibly wrong and need to be reprogrammed.
• Newly Asked Questions
  • Are there a month's worth of bugs to be exploited in Apple's software?
    On the evidence presented at the Month of Apple Bugs site (projects.info-pull.com/moab), one honestly has to answer: no, not really. Which is probably a good thing for Apple, whose new iPhone runs OSX.
  • What have image spam and Captchas got in common?
    Computers can't understand either of them, because they can't actually read.
• Gadgets
  • HTC S310
    Sadly, the S310 won't do much to further the HTC brand. It is a standard chocolate bar-style smartphone that has the basics (Outlook, Explorer, Media Player etc) but lacks pizzazz.
  • Saitek iPhonic A-100
    Saitek's wireless PC/iPod system - the iFreedom which I reviewed a couple of months ago - not only works in an innovative way, but also sounds good. The standard hasn't dropped on the rather lower tech A-100.
  • Nokia N800
    Last year Nokia launched its first non-phone consumer product in a while - the Wi-Fi powered 770 web tablet. For its successor, the just-launched N800, Nokia has smartened the device up and made a few tweaks, but largely stuck with the 770's successful template.
• Taking stock of virtual economies
  Victor Keegan: On the opening day of Congress last week, Republican George Miller (California) held a press conference in Second Life (SL), the 3-D internet world that has been getting a lot of publicity.
• Technobile
  Peter Judge: How dare they try to pass off old technology as 'easy to use'. The Nokia 1100 is obsolete, not simple.
• Independent's day for creative game development
  Building addictive games needs flexibility and crazy ideas, says Chris Delay, Introversion Software's lead designer.
• How the terabyte drive could end the DVD wars
  Charles Arthur: Let joy be unconfined! Hitachi has announced that it will introduce, in the next three months, a one-terabyte drive for desktop computers.
• Uncovering global inequalities through innovative statistics
  Key information should be unearthed to explain the world we live in, argues a Swedish professor.
• LG launch gives users the best of both worlds
  Just as those awaiting a heavyweight clash between the two next-generation DVD standards were getting ready for another bout, South Korea's LG made a surprise entrance into the ring.
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• Newsbytes
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