J. Mark Lytle

We can't think of many better ways to spend £3.60 a month than a new car-security system from Japan that uses a mobile-phone network to covertly track your vehicle should it be stolen.

Update: Sony confirms what we knew - a PSP with built-in microphone

On a busy day for Japan's mobile industry, we have word of a government-backed plan, no less, to bring the single most useful phone-based service from there to our fair shores - RFID mobile payments.

Intense competition driving down LCD prices

Heat exchanger based on exotic mineral to cut fuel consumption

Mac owners with more than a touch of paranoia should head straight for the website of Moldovan security firm Rohos with any old USB flash drive at the ready.

So, what combines the legendary Cell processor found in every PlayStation 3 with a 'Zest to Go' - whatever that is - and a 19-inch server rack to give us the future of video?

A seemingly minor legal victory in the US for a physics professor interested in open-source software and model trains looks like becoming a turning point for the 'free' software movement.

High-tech approach to all-inclusive Japanese pastime

New bio-plastics help reduce emissions and use of toxins

SpamFizzle steps into the breach after CAPTCHA busted

We've heard much speculation about the next iteration of Nintendo's mega-selling Wii console, but little about what it could turn out to be.

Japanese site gathers information to warn of crime threats

Japanese sales figures show big three firms in serious competition

Sony's long seller joins the multimedia party with single disk

Whatever cute photos or widgets you stick on a computer desktop to spice things up, nothing can change the fact that it's still a very limited flat area that pales beside a real, physical workspace.

Precious metals to be recycled as market prices soar

Japanese temple uses IC cards to help relatives honour deceased

Bizarre record label wants to hammer stress receptors into submission

Japanese mobile phones are very hit and miss - some have fantastic (mostly network-related) services, yet are ugly as sin, while others look great but offer very little else.

New Xacti shooter bulks up on power, slims down body

Creating entertainment on the go focus of huge new business

Updated Solar panels are the way ahead, say big-spending world leaders

If there was ever any doubt about the bright future of OLED television sets, that can be all but dispelled by the news today that Panasonic is planning to market a 40-inch model within three years.

Aftermarket manufacturer adds cheaper SSDs to 901 mix