AMD shows two sides of the Athlon processor

AMD has shown two different faces of the Athlon range with new chip releases: environmentally-friendly, energy-conscious single-core Athlon 64 3000+ models and a no-holds-barred, high-performance dual-core Athlon 64 X2 6000+. As well as the X2 dual-core processor 6000+, which is aimed squarely at high-end systems, AMD has released two new low-power chips, the single-core, 45-watt 3500+ and 3800+. While the former is based on 90nm process technology, the latter can boost their performance-per-watt ratings courtesy of 65nm technology - less power is required to drive the more closely packed circuit lines. ...more

BBC, Apple lead Web award nominations

It's time to vote! The nominations for the eighth annual Webby awards have been drawn up and people can now have their say. Dubbed the 'online Oscars', the Webby's cover 30 categories, including News, Humour, Community, Film, Music, News, Personal Web Sites, Science and Spirituality. Although the official Webby panel decides the awards, there is also a 'People's Choice' for each category. ...more

Lotus Notes lines up for Linux

IBM is making a Linux version of its Lotus collaboration and messaging platform available. Badged as the industry's first business-grade collaboration software for Linux on the desktop, IBM Lotus Notes for Linux is intended to push the adoption of Linux desktops both for existing Lotus users and for the next-generation of startups and SMEs considering Linux. IBM's existing Lotus footprint was recently described to us by Sue Forbes, VP and GM of Good Technology's IBM Business Unit, as some 120,000 users and 60,000 domains on the Lotus Domino platform with a strong trend in Europe in mid- to large-sized businesses. ...more

$37mn Web fraudster gets 11-year sentence

A 52-year-old man has been jailed for 11 years after signing up nearly a million people to pornographic websites and netting a personal fortune of some $37mn. Californian Kenneth Taves admitted signing up about 900,000 people to the websites through his NetFill company between 1997 and 1998 using credit card numbers he had bought from a bank for $5,000. Taves was ordered to pay back the money of which $12. ...more

New Mitchell and Webb Get a Mac ads

Apple has posted six new adverts in its UK 'Get a Mac' campaign. The new ads, which feature award-winning comedians Mitchell and Webb as a PC and a Mac, cover file transfers, networking and ease of set-up. This new run of ads, currently showing on Apple's site (direct link below), plugs many gaps in the initial line-up, which was skewed very much towards the home user. ...more