Microsoft has announced plans for a single sign-on for its Windows Live services and making it possible for users to sign up for an ID from a mobile device. The Windows Live ID concept is to allow users to unify multiple sign-ons through a single ID and password that will link all the various Windows [...]

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Heres an interesting thought, have just been reading about some new GPS sat-nav systems for cars launched in Tokyo. Not only are they on a hard-drive as opposed to a disc, but can be connected via phone (assume this could become wi-fi or WiMax before too long). Honda and VW show new navigation Their idea [...]

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Working in advertising technology, I am often asked about the huge investments this year between Google, Microsoft and AOL – which amount to about $10Bn between them. My answer is in ‘convergence’, the cross-play between media channels and the ability to track user behaviour for advertising relevance. Web 3.0 is knocking on the door and [...]

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In truth, I never liked the distance of hand-to-eye co-ordination that ‘mice’ as an input device forced me to adopt for design work. That’s why I got excited years ago when I first heard of an interactive drawing board that you could literally sit over with your tee-square, like designers and architects used to, yet look down onto a screen. It was [...]

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