Crucial details memory

If you're thinking about upgrading your memory but are daunted by the thought of prying open the beige beast, let alone finding out what type you need, Crucial may be able to help. The Micron subsidiary has made available for download the Belarc Advisor utility that profiles your system, generating a report with details of your computer's make, model and motherboard along with bus speed, BIOS and memory modules currently in place. The results are displayed along with a link that takes you to Crucial's Memory Calculator, which will guide you straight to the right type of memory you can use to upgrade. ...more

MSN Messenger targeted by Funner.A virus

A new virus has been discovered that targets the MSN Messenger instant messaging application. Funner.A has no destructive properties, although it will make a nuisance of itself by sending a copy of itself as funny. ...more

Free to breathe, but not to surf

If you are one of the people who have paid ?50 for a lifetime's Internet access with breathe, you will still be wondering what is going to happen about the service that has now been axed. There has been no official breathe response - over and above the initial announcement posted on its Web site - on what reimbursements will be provided. The breathe announcement simply says that its business model for unmetered Internet access "is no longer viable". ...more

Price Check: Multifunction printers

The printer market has come in for some stiff competition over the last year, with Dell entering the fray. And with product refreshes kicking off in a month or so, it seems a good time to see what you can get for your money in the all-in-one printer arena. Right at the value end, as they say, we found a range of Lexmarks. ...more

Sun moves to simplify Java development for Sun One

Sun has announced the availability of a developer studio for Sun ONE (Open Net Environment). This is Sun's platform for delivering Web services, a rival to Microsoft's .Net offering. ...more