Rio launch CD player

The company synonymous with MP3 players has announced the launch of its very first CD player. The new Rio Volt plays standard CDs but it is perfectly at home with a CD-R chock full of MP3 or WMA files, which means you can store over 250 songs on one CD. The player features a text window that can display the track number, song title, artist name and album and an easy-to-use navigation system via a remote control. ...more

Intel doubles its profits

Growth in market share has boosted Intel's fourth quarter financial results yet is still cautious about the future. The Santa Clara-based company reported net income of exactly $1bn, a 53 per cent increase on the previous quarter and a 108 per cent rise year-on-year. Earnings per share were $0. ...more

E3 2003: Sony press conference report

Sony wows a packed audience with new games, updated hardware and a brand new console. After Microsoft's storming press conference at LA's Grand Olympic Auditorium last night, Sony needed to pull something special out of the bag to impress the assembled mass of games journalists from around the world. But after an hour in the company of Kaz Hirai, president and chief operating officer of Sony Computer Entertainment America, and his colleagues, no one was in any doubt that PlayStation 2 will continue to be the market leader for many years to come. ...more

Red Hat broadens product line with application server

The major distributor of enterprise-scale Linux systems has pressed the Red Hat Application Server into existence. This is designed to be a lightweight and low-cost app server for those building multi-tier programs to run on open source systems. Claiming to be responding to customer demand, interoperability is promised with enterprise-scale J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) application platforms from the likes of IBM, BEA and Oracle. ...more

Panasonic projects wirelessly

Panasonic is to launch the industry's smallest projector, the Panasonic TH-L712NTJ. The ultra-portable LCD projector weighs in at 4kg and conforms to the IEEE 802.11b wireless standard. ...more