Previous DayAlcohol gives new life to thirsty portables
News NEC and Sony are developing fuel cells that turn alcohol into electricity, potentially giving a new breath of life to mobile devices
FTC quizzes chip makers in Rambus case
News US regulator appears to be investigating Rambus following allegations that surfaced during the chip designer's court case earlier this year
Welsh Assembly blocks school emails
News Fears over children's safety on the Internet halt plans to give Welsh school pupils their own email addresses
Supercharged GeForce3 due within weeks
News NVidia is due to ramp up its range GeForce3 graphics processors, including a new high-performance model, and budget versions for the cost-conscious
Mobile phone mast blamed for vanishing pigeons
News Could a mobile phone mast damage a bird's sense of direction? One UK pigeon fancier thinks so -- and he's planning legal action
Handheld devices get Bluetooth CompactFlash card
News Anycom unveils first wireless Compact Flash card, allowing PDAs to talk to mobile phones and PCs over Bluetooth
Union takes BT spin-off row to government
News BT may have just announced plans to rebrand its mobile business as 'MMO2', but a union is still trying to stop the forthcoming demerger
Hawking warns of AI world takeover
News Humans should be genetically engineered if they are to prevent computers from taking over the world, says Cambridge professor
Intel launches three new Celerons
News The new low-cost desktop chips include the company's fastest Celeron to date, a 1.1GHz version, along with offerings at 1GHz and 950MHz
Mobile phone price war looms
News Two of the UK's network operators have pre-empted an Oftel report into the cost of mobile calls to rival networks by launching new tariffs
Microsoft to throw handheld punch
News New version of handheld software will add XP looks, new wireless features
Linux: A chipmaker's best friend
News Intel and AMD want open-source developers on their side as they put the finishing touches on their new 64-bit chips. If that puts pressure on Microsoft, all the better
