Previous DayBull to sell Citrix racks to UK government
News As if coining the name MetaR@ck wasn't enough, Bull claims the solution from Microsoft, EMC and Citrix can 'R@ck 'n' Roll'
MS and Linux get into embedded row
News In its latest salvo against the open-source movement, Microsoft slams Linux's suitability for non-PC devices. Red Hat calls the comments 'full of errors'
Palm to acquire wireless software company
News The handheld company announces another acquisition designed to increase its share of the corporate market
The golden age of wireless
Comment Rupert trawls the history of the airwaves on the 100th anniversary of Marconi's success to see how the silence turned to frenetic sound, and the sound of silence might return
Hackers 'improve' Xbox
News Microsoft's next-generation game console's PC-derived design is encouraging unprecedented tinkering
Via chipset gives notebooks a shot in the DDR
News AMD-based laptops will get fast DDR memory for the first time, speeding up system performance. At the same time, Via postpones its chip for Internet appliances
Slug-eating robot moves towards commercial release
News A slug-eating robot, protruding an extendable arm with a big claw on the end, could soon be catching small slimy creatures across Britain
Passport switch shuts out users
News Gamers on the Microsoft Zone site were locked out by the switch to the Passport authentication system
Intel gives PCs eyes with open-source software
News Intel's Russian resarch labs have produced an update to its open-source software that allows computers to recognise objects and perceive depth
AOL links up with Apple's OS X
News Another important program is released for Apple's operating system as the world's largest online service comes to the Mac
Nokia gets City thumbs-up
News Investors see good times ahead after Finnish phone maker announces that its earnings might be better than expected
Windows XP to get USB 2.0 and Bluetooth
News Microsoft is to update Windows XP to allow networking using USB 2.0 and Bluetooth as well as FireWire and 802.11b
Dot-com darlings set for relegation shame
News More former high-flyers are set to be demoted - and this time they aren't even worth enough to be included in the FTSE All-Share Index
Sony and NTT partner to take the PS2 online
News Japanese owners of the PlayStation2 will have access to broadband gaming and entertainment content from April, with Europe following later in the year
New Pentium 4 chipset to tiptoe out
News The new chipset lets PC makers build faster, cheaper memory into new computers, but official introduction won't come until January
Intel aims at telco market with server kits
News The chip maker moves towards bringing telecommunications equipment market into the PC hardware arena
No jackpot yet for Itanium
News Intel has spent millions and nearly a decade developing the server chip, but sales have been slow so far
Compaq wields blades
News Compaq will follow Hewlett-Packard into the blade server market next year, but says 64-bit systems are still 'years away'
Five years ago: AOL launches version 3.0, passes 100,000 users
News AOL.com this week launched version 3.0 of its online service and declared it had passed 100,000 UK subscribers, twice as many as it had in September
Epson EMP-810
Review This projector will work in almost any conditions and with almost any input, albeit at a price.
