NEC launches Centrino-based Versa notebook

NEC joins the Centrino gang with its sub-£1,000, sub-notebook, the Versa S900. Intel's much-heralded mobile processor redesign is particularly targeted at this system category. Rather than desktop replacements with big screens and DVD drives, the performance gains, in terms of extended battery life and support for light and slim designs, are geared towards highly portable sub-notebooks. ...more

AMD plots a 64-bit multi-core processor future

AMD has plotted its future with an updated roadmap - featuring multi-core processors. Specifically, it is announcing the completion of an x86 dual-core processor design for 64-bit computing. In brief, AMD plans to deliver AMD64 dual-core products to the server market in mid-2005 (via the Opteron line). ...more

Court battles don't stop Streamcast releasing Morpheus 4

Even as Streamcast fights to uphold a lower court ruling that it is not liable for the actions of users of its file-swapping software, it has released a new version that hooks its users into the networks of other peer-to-peer platforms such as KaZaA. Morpheus 4 gives its users access to the networks of Kazaa, iMESH, eDonkey, Overnet, Grokster, LimeWire, Gnutella, G2 and others, in addition to files on its own network. It also offers free voice chat (VOIP). ...more

AMD 'Fusion' of CPU and GPU heralds new X86 era

AMD has completed its acquisition of ATI and announced 'Fusion', its X86-based silicon integration of the computer processor and graphics processing engine. AMD CTO Phil Hester and Bob Drebin, CTO of ATI's PC Business Unit, were in London to confirm the rubber stamping of the takeover first announced in July, a deal valued at $5.4bn. ...more

Bluetooth data security threat revealed

'Serious flaws' have been discovered in some Bluetooth mobile phones that could enable data stored on them to be obtained without knowledge or consent. According to a report by UK-based security company A L Digital it is possible to gain access to the entire address book and calendar contents and, in an extreme case, 'the complete memory contents of some mobile phones can be accessed by a previously trusted (paired) device that has since been removed from the trusted list.' The report identifies two kinds of attack made possible by the vulnerability. ...more