20Gb mobile phones?

Toshiba has announced two thumb-sized hard drives for mobile devices. The tiny MK2003GAH and MK1003GAL drives offer 20Gb and 10Gb of storage respectively in units measuring just 54 x 78.5mm. ...more

Search engine professionals launch Search Marketing Association

A group of search engine professionals have formed the Search Marketing Association UK (SMA-UK) with the aim of promoting search optimisation and positioning. The group temporarily headed by Barry Lloyd of MakeMeTop, is looking to establish itself as the principle organisation for search engine marketers in the UK. It is looking to provide legal advice on search engine techniques, promote best practice, publish data on the search engine business in the UK and generally represent the industry. ...more

Teenage virus author gets probation for two years

A teenage virus author has been put on probation for two years after being convicted of writing Magold-A. The teenager, from Hungary and who goes under the nickname Laszlo K, was caught after it was discovered he had used his personal email addresses to send out some of the initial infected emails. He was first sentenced to a year behind bars yesterday, but this was later softened to two years' probation and a fine of roughly ?1,300. ...more

LCD market to be driven by increased consumer demand

Defying continued global economic sluggishness, the LCD market grew strongly during the first six months of 2003, with revenue rising to $13.7 billion, up 6.9 per cent from $12. ...more

Microsoft, IBM back AMD64

'The future is 64-bit computing', claimed AMD founder and chairman, Jerry Sanders. And with that pronouncement, his company's new CPU strategy was born. Gone are x86-64 and the codenames based around blunt instruments (Clawhammer/Sledgehammer). ...more