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Cellular tones for cellular phones

A UK mathematician's unique work on algorithms has been turned into a computer program that instantly composes one-off polyphonic ringtones to download to a mobile phone. The program is based on the theories of Stephen Wolfram, whose company Wolfram Research makes the leading maths software, Mathematica. Working with software engineer Peter Overmann, Wolfram developed an application that converts cellular automata - described by Nature as a mathematical model that can be used to mimic natural states - into a musical score. ...more

Sony features Centrino in new business notebooks

Sony joins the Centrino trail with its two new business notebooks, the PCG-Z1SP and PCG-Z1MP. Both models have a 14.1-inch SXGA+ display (a resolution) of 1,400 x 1,050. ...more

GeForce3: first tests

We get our hands on nVIDIA's next-generation card, the GeForce3. Over the past few years nVIDIA has been a key player in the graphics card market, and with the success of its GeForce chipsets, it's taken the market by the throat. So with the release of its next-generation card, the GeForce3, there’s a huge burden on nVIDIA to produce something special. ...more

Threatening Zippo Trojan gets its password cracked

Security experts at Sophos say they have cracked the password needed to recover documents encrypted and held to ransom by a virus. Sophos says the Trojan known as Zippo encrypts the documents on systems it infects and then demands $300 - about ?175 - for the password to release them. While companies that make regular backups will be able to continue business simply by restoring the data, anyone that hasn't taken such precautions will need to unlock their files. ...more