3G due in 2003, says Nokia

Never fear, 3G will be here. Or so says Nokia, but then it would. In an interview with Reuters at CeBIT in Germany, Nokia's senior vice president, JT Bergqvist, said that high-speed third-generation mobile networks will be up and running by early 2003. ...more

BPI banks on British desire for legal music

A BPI survey has revealed 2.5m people in the UK are burning 126m CDs every year. BPI executive chairman Peter Jamieson said, 'This survey provides a unique insight into the greatest growth opportunity for the music industry since the launch of the compact disc. ...more

Never get lost using your PDA

Navman has launched a clip-on GPS system that turns both PalmOS and Pocket PC-based machines into navigation aids. It's a European debut for the GPS receivers that come with Smartpath, GPS-enabled software covering 90,000 towns and cities in 12 different countries. You can simply set locations as destination points and then track your progress. ...more

PlayStation 2 toppled by Gameboy in Japan

A new market survey shows that sales of the PlayStation 2 have slipped in the land of the Rising Sun. A recent market survey of the top game machines, by Nikkei BP, showed that the PS2 has been toppled from the top sales spot that it occupied for 28 weeks since the second week of May. What is the mighty machine that has beaten this next-generation colossus? What powerful force could have sent the PS2 to languish in third place? Is it an early sighting of an Xbox or perhaps a leaked version of the Gamecube? No, it's just that old perennial the Gameboy Color selling more units than ever. ...more

Toshiba announces fastest drive in the west

...and the rest of the mobile world. ...more