Web creator regrets addressing system

Tim Berners-Lee has said that if he had his time again Web addresses would be simpler, and arguably more logical, than the http://www.name.com we are all familiar with. ...more

Apple offers ?211 cut on Adobe design suite

The UK Apple Store is offering a ?211 rebate on Adobe's Design Collection, comprising InDesign 2.0, Illustrator 10, Acrobat 5 and Photoshop 6.0. ...more

EU rejects AOL's compromise

The European Union has rejected AOL and Time Warner's attempts to ease the way for their merger, because the companies' concessions don't go far enough. The EU, investigating the AOL/Time Warner merger for anti-competitive impact, said that AOL had offered to make the merger less damaging to competition in Europe. This is thought to involve breaking ties with Germany's media group Bertelsmann and changing the share-holder structure, which is currently 50-50 between the two companies. ...more

HP's double-figure digicam

HP has introduced a digital camera for ?99, including VAT. The Photosmart 120 has a 1megapixel CCD and 4Mb of internal memory on which to store captured JPEG images (up to 12 at best quality of 1,152x864 resolution) or up to 35 seconds of MPEG video. Storage capacity can be increased through the CompactFlash card slot. ...more

IDF, Fall 2004: Intel eyes all-day battery life

All-day battery life by 2010 is the new Intel target according to Anand Chandrasekher (pictured), General Manager of Intel's Mobile Platforms Group. The commitment sometimes varied to 'eight hours of battery life by 2010' but the principle was the same: 'longer battery life is the new frontier'. Intel is moving power management even further up the priority list for mobile computing. ...more