UK tech inventors defeated by cash drought

TiVo inventor says VC shortfall stymying innovation British technology is being crippled by a lack of venture funding, according to a leading UK entrepreneur who made his fortune in Silicon Valley. Continued

Review Practical and portable? Portable TVs are hardly a new idea. Neither for that matter are portable DVD players. However, put the two together, add a host of other features and then you do have something that feels like it’s breaking new ground. Continued

LCD maker LG.Philips has developed what it claims its the world’s first 14.1in colour display that’s flexible enough to bend. It announced the “breakthrough” a year on from showing off the first bendy monochrome 14.1in panel. Continued

Hot on the heels of chip maker Intel’s Centrino Duo notebook platform revamp come the laptops based upon it. One of the first: Sony’s vaguely MacBook Pro-like Vaio FZ series. Continued

Didn’t appear in 2005, 2006; will ship in 2007 Samsung’s on again, off again plan to produce a player that can handle both next-gen optical disc formats - HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc - is going to happen after all. The Korean giant today said it will ship such a machine in the US in time for Christmas. Continued