Telewest adds wireless option to Blueyonder

Telewest has announced an optional wireless pack for its Blueyonder cable broadband. Available to its digital TV customers, whether they already have broadband or want to get it, the pack costs ?35 and combines a pre-configured Netgear wireless access point with the cable modem already embedded in the set-top box. The wireless pack has been released following trials with 1,000 Telewest customers and is compatible with Blueyonder's 512K, 1Mbit and 2Mbit services. ...more

eBay to pay $29.5mn over lost patents case

A US federal judge has ordered eBay to pay $29.5mn to one Thomas Woolston, an electrical engineer. This is the price the company will pay for infringing an e-commerce patent that related to credit card-backed online bidding, reports Reuters. ...more

AMD moves to 65nm process technology

With the release of four new low-power chips AMD is moving to 65 nanometer (nm) process technology. The energy-efficient AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core desktop processors lead the way, with the new production techniques enabling it to produce more processors from the same 300mm wafers, which should mean higher output volumes. The Athlon 64 X2 5000+ runs at 2. ...more

Scientists polish diamond transistors

Scientists at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory in the USA have developed a method for making transistors from pure diamonds. The transistors can operate in much higher working temperatures than conventional ones and are highly resistant to corrosive chemicals, the New Scientist reports. The key to getting the diamonds to connect is an application of liquid molybdenum. ...more

Windows gamers targeted by Microsoft security bulletin

Fans of multiplayer network games could be subject to denial of service attacks according to Microsoft's latest monthly security bulletin. The vulnerability relates to Microsoft's DirectPlay system. In theory, if a user is running a networked DirectPlay application, an attacker could exploit the vulnerability to cause the app to crash, forcing the player to restart user. ...more