Pizza Hut has just launched a new Facebook app, which falters at almost every turn.

THE federal government has rejected claims that the cost of building a national broadband network has increased.

Adobe Systems is shipping Wednesday its Adobe Flash Player 10 software, featuring built-in 3D capabilities as well as the ability for developers to add their own special effects.Concurrent with Flash Player 10, Adobe is shipping Adobe Creative Suite (CS) 4, featuring tools for building creative content, the company said. Tools like Photoshop and Illustrator are featured, offering such functionality as vector graphics.With Flash Player 10, Adobe is focusing on building "expressive" applications for the Web, said Tom Barclay, Adobe senior product marketing manager for Flash Player. Applications can be deployed including online video, rich Internet applications, online games, and other interactive experiences, according to the company.Built-in support for 3D is featured, as opposed to the third-party support previously offered. Developers can work in 2D and transform 2D objects into the 3D space, Barclay said. Developers also can build their own 3D libraries, he said."It's very easy for d

The price cut is important as PC makers head toward the Christmas season unsure of how the Wall Street meltdown will affect consumer spending.

Linux's first step must be to own the emerging netbook market, where it is gaining traction among users who live on Web-based apps and aren't married to Windows.

AIRPORT authorities have confirmed that images of travellers' private parts will not be obscured during a trial of a high-tech scanner.

Iain Thomson in San Francisco, vnunet.com, Wednesday 15 October 2008 at 02:15:00 Web site stutters under demand Demand for the OpenOffice 3.0 suite has been so high that it has taken down the company's servers. At time of going to press the OpenOffice.org web site is reduced to a text only page and direct downloads are impossible. The site does, however, include links to BitTorrent sites where the software can be downloaded. "Apologies - our web site is struggling to cope with the unprecedented demand for the new release 3.0 of OpenOffice.org," says a statement on the web page. "The technical teams are trying to come up with a solution. Thank you for your patience." The software was launched yesterday, and for the first time included a version of the suite for Apple users. OpenOffice is based on source code released by Sun in 2000. While similar to Microsoft's Office suite in some ways, the code is free and has proved very popular among open source enthusiasts and, increa

Buried at the end of Tuesday's notebook event, CEO Steve Jobs makes clear what direction he won't be going next time his company makes another Mac announcement.

In its fourth-annual selection of the best and brightest from across science and technology, the magazine highlights innovations that make differences in people's lives.

Winners of this year's awards for innovation include Spore, the Kindle, and more.