Hewlett Packard makes play for the home entertainment hub

Hewlett-Packard chose the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show to announce its new strategy for attacking the broad consumer electronics market. Making the announcement Carly Fiorina, the HP chairman and CEO said 'What matters now is making all of the various digital entertainment products and content work together in a way that creates simple, enjoyable, intuitive digital experiences at a price that allows everyone to participate.' At the centre of it all is the 'entertainment hub'. ...more

Opera attendances rising in Europe

Opera updates its browser and claims growing European market share over Microsoft's Internet Explorer. The Norwegian company Opera has released version 6.01 of its eponymous browser, which is a 'recommended' set of bug fixes and tweaks for the last major point release. ...more

VIA introduces new dual LAN mobos

VIA Technologies has launched a new series of mini-ITX mobos to be called the EPIA CL-Series. Aimed at the low-end networking or home markets, the boards feature onboard dual LAN, in a small 17 by 17 cm size. VIA says they also have applications in small network operations such as firewalls. ...more

Apple readies OS X update and brings forward Jobs' keynote

Apple is believed to be on the verge of releasing the next update to Mac OS X. Version 10.1. ...more

First look: Nokia's iPhone Killer?

PC Pro has been given a first look at the N800, the latest in a series of Nokia internet tablets. Announced at CES in Las Vegas just a few weeks ago, the N800 is a slimmed down and better-performing version of the Nokia N770. The N800 has a bright, 4. ...more