Let's make the movie right here

Budding Spielbergs out there may be interested in Pinnacle Systems' Studio DVClip. The software for making DV (digital video) / Digital 8 movies comes with an IEEE1394 FireWire card for capturing footage from a camcorder and is a budget version of Pinnacle's full Studio software. Supporting the import of AVI, WAV, MP3, BMP, JPG, PCT, TGA, TIF, and WMF files, it comes with most of the video capture and editing features of Studio. ...more

UK games chart: Street football kicks back

Not quite jumpers for goal posts - more like urban slum for backdrop - but FIFA Street 2 (for PS2, PSP, Xbox and DS), EA Sports' street football game, goes straight in at the top of this week's ELSPA UK games chart. Black, EA Games' first-person urban shooter (for PS2 and Xbox), falls down to two, and the top three is completed with a new Sims 2 expansion pack, Open for Business (for PC). This allows you to virtually hire staff, train employees and generally build entrepreneurial empires. ...more

New Centrino models take centre stage in Intel's chip troupe

A whole new range of Centrino parts have made their way onto the updated Intel processor price list. They feature the 802.11 a/b/g tri-band wireless module, which was unveiled by Intel back in August - Intel brings tri-mode wireless networking to Centrino. ...more

Google snaps up Picasa

Search engine Google has bought up Picasa, a company which sells some highly rated digital photo management software. 'Picasa enables users to easily manage and share digital photographs, and its technologies complement Google's' said Jonathan Rosenberg, Google's vice president of Product Management. Founded in 2001, Picasa already has a relationship with Google's Blogger service to make publishing digital photos easier. ...more

IDF, Fall 2005: AMD demos dual-core mobile chip

AMD has taken advantage of the Intel Developer Forum to reveal a working sample of its mobile dual-core processor. 'We are already the first manufacturer to bring dual core technology to the notebook,' said Bahr Mahony, the division marketing manager of AMD's mobile business segment, referring to the dual-core X2 inside Voodoo's Envy Heavyweight laptop. Although the X2 is a desktop part, its lower power demands make it far more suitable to notebooks than Intel's Pentium D. ...more