Previous DayVisionTek Xtasy GeForce4 MX 420
Review This is not a card for hardcore gamers, but it provides sufficient performance for mainstream use, including older games. If you want faster graphics and TV-out capabilites, this is an inexpensive...
New battery technology promises quarter-hour charge
News Less down time, more play time for mobiles and PDAs with new smart rechargeables, promises US company
Samsung bets on controversial memory standard
News The semiconductor maker has begun sampling DDR400, which could lead to faster memory for PCs - or may never see the light of day
Date set for end of Visual Basic 6 support
News Microsoft will continue to support Visual Basic 6.0 for some time yet, but charges are on the horizon, and there is little help in sight for running the language on 64-bit systems
Hackers can come in through the front door
News A security expert warns that a firewall is not enough when it comes to security - IT managers need to consider physical barriers too
Grid computing hooks up to open standards
Analysis Analysis: The development of a global system of distributed computing will take no little time and involves many novel concepts. It's still a work in progress - but one that shows every sign of...
Auction site backs off privacy-policy change
News After controversy surrounded proposed modifications to its privacy policy, eBay has provided clarification for worried users
Can Yahoo! get cash for streaming?
News Yahoo! is running a survey to find out whether its users would be willing to pay for streamed audio and video in a bid to open up a new revenue stream
Europe to get Microsoft smartphone before US
News Despite an early announcement from US-based Cingular Wireless, Microsoft's Smartphone 2002 will make its first appearance in Western Europe in the first half of the year
Government to fund broadband town
News Projects funded from the DTI's £30m broadband fund will include wiring up a town in Devon, as well as offering subsidised services for businesses around the country
MandrakeSoft adds office software to Linux
News The French distributor upgrades its Linux offering, including new Microsoft Office and Outlook clones
E.piphany pushes analytics in E.6 suite
News E.piphany will promote analytics as the cornerstone of effective customer relationship management in its new E.6 suite
Bug-reporting guidelines get swatted
News The Internet Engineering Task Force has advised against the publication of guidelines for reporting security flaws, leaving the draft report up in the air
AOL not liable for unauthorised e-books
News A lawsuit against AOL for the posting of e-books on its network has found that the ISP is not responsible for the content posted by its users
Study: Hackers take a trip through Asia
News Attackers most often use servers in the US, South Korea and China to mount attacks, showing the threat than an unsecured infrastructure can pose to the Internet
Microsoft's gizmo unit undergoes retune
News The Mobility Group is getting new executives and a revised release calendar to try and jump-start Microsoft's push into handheld technology
HP's day of reckoning arrives
News Shareholders vote on the HP-Compaq merger on Tuesday, while cloak-and-dagger tactics have been instituted to protect thousands of already-filed proxy votes
EMC adds to its storage software lead
News Edging further ahead in the market-share race, the company is also making plans to upgrade software produced in partnership with Dell
Five years ago: Novell forms joint company with Netscape
News Novell and Netscape have formed a joint startup company called Novonyx
DVD MovieFactory
Review If you're looking for a cheap way to save movies to DVD, MovieFactory is a fine choice. You'll get flashier results with a fully-fledged video editor, but we like MovieFactory for quick-and-dirty...
