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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Charles Arthur

Robots go to war, keep your domain, Ordnance Survey in the dock again, has YouTube changed? and much more..

This week's print edition of the Technology supplement is online too, with stories about the US Army's plans to have robots fighting for it, how pornographers want your domain, this week's gadgets, asking: has YouTube changed? and why are antivirus companies going at each other like cat and dog?, and looking at plastic guitars and much more..

  • Launching a new kind of warfare
    Robot vehicles are increasingly taking a role on the battlefield - but their deployment raises moral and philosophical as well as technical questions, says Pete Warren.
  • Why it matters to master your domain
    Let your registration lapse, and your site could suddenly be taken over by links to porn - and there's little you can do about it.
  • Ordnance Survey in the dock again
    Map information is vital to retailers planning stores and products - but it comes at too high a cost.
  • The playful approach to political debate
    Keith Stuart: In his Tate Britain lecture, Armando Iannucci argued that comedy shows provide the only real forum for political analysis. It's an interesting standpoint - but if he were to head over to sites like Watercoolergames.org he'd find a thriving new arena.
  • Will Windows Vista ship on time?
    The deadline is a moveable feast, so it depends how you define "on time".
  • Has YouTube changed since its purchase this month by Google?
    Perhaps you're thinking of the reports in the past week that YouTube has removed 29,549 video clips after being contacted by Japanese rightsholders who said it contained materials taken from Japanese music, movies or TV.
  • The PC is dead, long live the mobile
    Victor Keegan: Consumer spending is showing signs of faltering in some major economies - but no one has told the mobile phone industry, which is now flying without wings.
  • Technobile
    Kate Bevan: Why sign up for BT's new online vault service? It's far cheaper to archive your digital stuff yourself.
  • 'I didn't want to run companies'
    Apple's co-founder, Steve Wozniak, came to the company through a series of 'little accidents' and insists that he remains an engineer at heart.
  • DAB should be the new wave, not medium wave
    Jack Schofield: There are not many areas of technology where we have failed to advance the market in the past 20 or even 25 years, but with audio technology, you can at least argue the case.
  • Going against the grain
    Clever use of polycarbonate could revolutionise the way guitars - usually made of wood - are manufactured.
  • A country with text appeal
    The Philippines has become the first country in the world where mobile users spend more on data services than on voice, according to a leading research company.
  • Gadgets
    • Motorola KRZR
      Motorola has struggled to come up with a worthy successor to the RAZR, arguably the most influential phone of the past few years. Its latest attempt is the KRZR, which has the same clamshell design but has some additional features.
    • Sony C1-VTNC1S
      It is now possible to buy a fairly decent laptop and still have change from £500. So the top-end players in the market have had to come up with new ways to differentiate their higher-priced models.
    • Saitek iFreedom
      Saitek had a fairly sizeable hit at the end of last year with the A-250, a hi-fi system that enabled users to listen to music that was wirelessly streamed from a PC. The unit is back again as the iFreedom, but with some important revisions.
  • Ask Jack
    Send your questions and comments to Jack.Schofield@guardian.co.uk. Published letters will be edited for brevity, but include full details with your query.

    Please visit our Ask Jack weblog for daily updates.

  • Letters and blogs
    Send your letters, comments, questions and rants to tech@guardian.co.uk, and please include your address and post town.
  • Newsbytes
    Shop online, spend more | Internet Explorer, the sequel | Armchair travelling | Thought for food | The Sims | Ministry of the sound of music


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