The gates open to the wireless village

Let's chat. Version 1.0 specifications for the Wireless Village - a mobile instant messaging and presence (IMPS) initiative - have been announced today, along with a successful demonstration using Ericsson's IMPS server and handsets from SonyEricsson, Motorola and Nokia. ...more

Apple on track for Intel Macs

Apple is on schedule to ship its first Intel-based computers by June 2006, Steve Jobs confirmed today. 'We are on track,' the Apple CEO said at a press conference as the Apple Expo got underway in Paris. Jobs is not giving one of his highly anticipated keynotes at the conference; having already unveiled the iPod nano earlier this month there is presumably little new for him to talk about. ...more

HP Garage listed on US Register of Historic Places

HP does love its Garage, the birthplace of the company and indeed of Silicon Valley itself, the company would claim. The US National Park Service now agrees, having just listed it on the country's official National Register of Historic Places. It was here, back in 1938, that the company founders David Hewlett and William Packard launched their company. ...more

Home Office issues consultation document on ID cards

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Sophos spots wild virus

Virus-eating virus on the prowl. Antivirus company Sophos has said it has had a report of the W32/Sahay-A in the wild that removes instances of a virus written by a rival. This new virus scans an infected system for the older W32/Yaha-K worm and attempts to remove it from the system as well as making snide comments about the virus author: 'Hi there. ...more