The PC turns 25

The PC turns 25 years old this month, The News Press reports.

On 12 August 1981, IBM announced the IBM PC model 5150, promising the smallest, lowest-priced computer for business, school and home, the report says.

The beige-coloured model 5150 had 16KB memory and a glowing green type on a black screen, with the cheapest model costing $1 565.

Every second, two new blogs are created, CNet News reports.

According to recent statistics from blog-tracking site Technorati, the blogosphere has doubled every six months for the last three years. That`s 175 000 new blogs per day worldwide. Technorati added its 50 millionth blog on 31 July.

English is the most popular language to use among bloggers, at 39%, followed by Japanese (31%) and Chinese (12%).

Vivox is getting ready to launch an in-game voice service that may help draw players into games and keep them engaged, says Wired News.

This is to harness communication between gamers, which takes place outside the game through Skype or TeamSpeak.

A voice feature planned for later release will have the capacity to call players back into the game. Voice messages sent in-game will relay to the real world, so impending battles can be met with calls-to-arms to team members not even logged in.