VIA releases HyperTransport Analyzer 1.0 for AMD64

VIA Technologies has released version 1.0 of its HyperTransport Analyzer tool for AMD64 systems. It is available for free download. ...more

Apple confirms second store in Manchester

Apple has confirmed that it will open its second retail store in Manchester in the Arndale Centre. The new store will be Apple's seventh in the UK, joining two in London, those in Birmingham, Bluewater and Sheffield and its near neighbour in the Trafford Centre. The Arndale Centre has been almost completely rebuilt after it was wrecked by an IRA bomb in 1996. ...more

BT shines a light on information delivery

BT's broadband applications research centre is highlighting a new way for information to be delivered to your home: ambient devices. A rather futuristic wireless technology, the system is intended to notify users of news and information using ambient light sequences and sound alerts. And not just any news, but personalised information: perhaps emails from particular individuals or news on particular topics. ...more

Sony's Playstation wins an Emmy

The Sony Playstation's 10 years in the US have been marked with the awarding of an Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Technology and Advanced New Media. The award recognises the console's role in pioneering the 3D polygonal-based gaming experience and over 100 million have been sold. Sony Computer Entertainment America president and CEO Kaz Hirai accepted the award at the 57th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards last night in New Jersey. ...more

Unlimited FileMaker Web publishing

FileMaker has released the latest incarnation of its database application, the self-styled 'industrial-strength' FileMaker Pro 5.5 Unlimited. Offering the same broad set of tools as FileMaker Pro 5. ...more