Tag archive: Martin Taylor

If you’re wondering just where the kids have got to, in future all you’ll need to do is check on the computer. Then you’ll know to within four square meters exactly where they are.  It’s all in the jacket, a new idea by the British company Blade Runner. It’s equipped with GPS technology (for an extra $150 you can alsoget the jacket with a Kevlar lining) made by Asset Monitoring Solutions (AMS), powered by a… Read More

Scarcely a month after rolling out a beta release, Microsoft has officially launched Windows Live Messenger, and aims to loot some interest from consumers by rolling in an exclusive game based on the Disney Pirates of the Caribbean film series. Windows Live Messenger: Arr, matey! Windows Live Messenger (ahem) aims to go a few steps beyond what we've all come to think of as instant messaging by rolling in free PC-to-PC calling and… Read More

In a somewhat surprising move to promote its Windows Live Local mapping service, software giant Microsoft has unveiled CelebFavorites, a new Web site based on Microsoft's Windows Live Local mapping service which pinpoints the favorite spots and hangouts of eight celebrities and entertainers. Unlike other celeb-spotting sites (like the controversial Gawker Stalker Map), celebrities are willingly participating in CelebFavorites: instead… Read More