A South Korean man died from exhaustion after spending days on end playing computer games, the second such case in under six months. The 38-year-old spent 10 days playing online computer games in an Internet cafe in the coastal city of Incheon, before collapsing from exhaustion in front of the computer screen last Thursday evening

Computer maker Dell has added a new laptop with a widescreen display to its product line. The Inspiron 1300 comes standard with a 14.1-inch display, the company reports. The unit offers 30 per cent more image area than traditional XGA displays. The broad screen enhances the playback of DVDs, as well as the process of

The Statistical Service announced that the HICP during November 2005 recorded an increase of 2,0% compared to the corresponding index of November 2004, while a year earlier, November 2004, the annual rate of change was 2,6%. For the period January-November 2005 the HICP recorded an increase of 2,1% compared to the corresponding period of 2004.