Creative trumpets the X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity audio processor

Creative Labs is claiming an audio breakthrough with the release of two new products. It is essentially a real-time hardware and software solution - the X-Fi audio chip and the accompanying Xtreme Fidelity audio software. So, enter Creative's X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity audio processor. ...more

Fujitsu builds for new semiconductors

Fujitsu seems to be taking an enlightened long-term view to the current recessionary atmosphere. It's spending over a billion yen on new research and production facilities to help speed advances in the semiconductor industry. The Japanese electronics company will be well aware of Intel's investments to support new high-technology chip making processes, and the Associated Press reports that Fujitsu are now committed to $800m new facilities on the outskirts of Tokyo. ...more

Boeing cans in-flight wireless network

Boeing has dropped plans to use wireless networking to deliver in-flight entertainment on its new 787 Dreamliner plane because of problems with plane weight and the technology itself. A wireless network would add 200lbs (90kg) per plane, rather than 50lbs (22kg) for a wired network. Also, Boeing could not get permission to use certain wireless frequencies from some countries, spokeswoman Lori Gunter said. ...more

Online child pornography virtually wiped out in the UK

Online child pornography has been virtually wiped out in the UK, according to the organisation Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). Content hosted in the UK has dropped from some 18 per cent in 1997 to 0.2 per cent in the first half of this year, the IWF's latest report reveals. ...more

iTunes five times more popular than Napster

Apple has released its latest figures from the iTunes Music Store, claiming that it sold five times as many songs as Napster during the latter's first week of trading. While Napster sold 300,000 tracks, iTMS shifted some 1.5 million, according to figures from Apple. ...more