New VIA AMD64 chipset gives boost to overclockers

VIA's new chipset for high-performance AMD64 systems allows overclockers more control. The VIA K8T800 Pro chipset uses an asynchronous bus architecture that allows the user to lock the AGP and PCI buses while revving up the chip. The company claims this means the system is more stable when overclocked. ...more

Wireless network equipment shortage worsening

Wireless network equipment makers in Taiwan, which supply nearly 80 per cent of global WLAN equipment, find themselves in a worsening situation for the supply of components, local IC distributors said. According to an earlier report, Taiwan-based networking equipment companies have already been troubled with 802.11b chipset shortages. ...more

321 bust

321 Studios, which has been under sustained legal attack from movie studios, has raised the white flag and gone out of business. The company, which made DVD-X Copy and DVD Copy Plus had been sued by the studios on the grounds that the products assisted piracy. The studios alleged that circumventing the CSS copy protection built into DVDs was an offence under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act. ...more

Price Check: Digital Cameras

With manufacturers readying new lines for the Autumn, now is a great time to keep an eye out for a bargain. Let's take a look: You could even kit out your kids for the holidays with a 0.5megapixel Polaroid 320 from Easyetrader for ?23. ...more

eBay boosts UK household income

eBay is making a significant contribution to the wealth of UK households, according to the Centre for Economic and Business Research. Online auction sites will generate some ?4bn of trade this year for the 50,000 people in the UK who buy and sell via such websites, of which eBay is by far the most well known and successful. The CEBR estimates that auctions could add ?3,000 to the average UK household income. ...more