Gareth Halfacree

Ion 2 to feature double the shaders

The next generation revision of Nvidia's Ion platform is likely to double the shaders from 16 to 32 - or higher - offering far greater graphics performance for netbooks.

July 2, 2009 | 12:15

RIAA wins case against Usenet.com

The RIAA has won its case against Usenet.com after accusing the company of facilitating direct, contributory, and vicarious infringement of copyright.

July 2, 2009 | 10:08

Cisco to launch cloud-based office suite

Cisco is set to enter the cloud-based office suite market - fighting with Google and Microsoft for a share of the prize - via its WebEx subsidiary.

July 1, 2009 | 13:07

Adobe shuts up shop for a week

In order to cut costs after seeing profits drop 41 percent year on year, Adobe is shutting its US offices for one week - forcing staff to take holiday leave.

July 1, 2009 | 10:54

Intel to launch Clarkdale early?

Comments from industry sources have it that Intel has stepped up plans for its 32nm Clarkdale chips, moving mass production from 2010 to the last quarter of this year.

June 30, 2009 | 16:50

Apple joins micro-USB charger agreement

Apple has finally agreed to join an EC project which aims to equip all mobile handsets sold in Europe with a universal micro-USB charging port by 2012.

June 30, 2009 | 10:13

SSDs barely dint 2009 notebook market

According to a report from DRAMeXchange, solid state storage will make a poor showing this year - accounting for a mere 1.5 percent of notebook shipments.

June 29, 2009 | 14:26

Firefox 3.5 released this Tuesday

The next build of the Mozilla Foundation's popular open-source web browser, Firefox 3.5, is due to hit final release status tomorrow - and brings some nice new features.

June 29, 2009 | 10:03

IBM develops crypto-peeking tech

An IBM researcher has cracked the problem of processing private data with a technique for working with encrypted data without ever having access to the unencrypted versions.

June 26, 2009 | 13:36

Windows 7 pricing unveiled

Microsoft has revealed the pricing for Windows 7 E - for Europe - and it's a mixed bag: while some editions are cheaper, no upgrade editions are offered.

June 26, 2009 | 10:08

Researchers create emotional robot

A team at Waseda University in Japan has developed a robot capable of expressing a variety of emotions - including sadness, joy, dislike, and surprise.

June 25, 2009 | 14:02

IBM heats university via supercomputer

IBM is developing a supercomputer in conjunction with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology which will use its innovative watercooling system to keep the building warm.

June 25, 2009 | 13:00

Microsoft Security Essentials hits beta

Microsoft's in-house anti-virus, Security Essentials, has hit public beta status - although it's limited to the first 75,000 downloaders at present.

June 24, 2009 | 13:09

Apple addresses MacBook SATA issue

An issue with the latest 15" and 17" MacBook Pro models which reduced the maximum performance of the SATA bus to 1.5Gb/s has been resolved by Apple with a new firmware update.

June 24, 2009 | 10:06

ARM chips coming to LG TVs

LG Electronics has announced that it will be outfitting its next range of TVs with ARM processors and graphics chips, allowing web-based content to be viewed easily.

June 23, 2009 | 14:48

New iPhone hits 1 million sales

The latest revision of the iPhone - the 3GS - has hit over a million sales in the three days since its launch, but not everyone is happy with their purchase.

June 23, 2009 | 09:57

Nortel sells mobile comms tech

The ailing network giant Nortel is planning to offload its CDMA and LTE wireless technologies to Nokia Siemens Networks to aid its return from Chapter 11.

June 22, 2009 | 13:53

MS promises 18 months for XP downgrade

Microsoft announced that it will extend the XP downgrade option for Windows 7 to eighteen months.

June 22, 2009 | 10:06

Google to launch Flipper

Google is set to launch a new interface to its news aggregation service dubbed Flipper, which offers a more visual, magazine-style layout.

June 19, 2009 | 11:09

Nokia developing the never-charge handset

Nokia is working on handsets which never require mains power, relying instead on harvesting energy from radiowaves.

June 19, 2009 | 10:10

Hiccups mar iPhone 3.0 update

The iPhone 3.0 update went live for public download yesterday, bringing shiny new features to the masses - sadly, along with server timeouts and 'phone locking.

June 18, 2009 | 14:20

AMD creates TWKR overclockers' chip

AMD is sending out small quantities of a secret new processor called the Phenom II 42 TWKR, specifically aimed at overclockers and top-end gaming systems.

June 18, 2009 | 10:11

Volunteer for Mozilla Service Week

The Mozilla Foundation - the group behind popular open-source browser Firefox - is due to launch the Mozilla Service Week, which seeks volunteers to do good.

June 17, 2009 | 17:58