One in 20 UK homes watching IPTV by 2011

According to research from the Centre for Telecoms Research, improved broadband speeds will boost use of IPTV to five per cent of UK households over the next few years. Five per cent of the UK population - some 1.5 million UK households - will be watching TV over an internet connection (IPTV) by 2011, according to a new study by the Centre for Telecoms Research (CTR). ...more

Acer renews commitment to the Tablet PC

Acer has announced a raft of new products, renewing its commitment to the Tablet PC format with a new 'sliding' mechanism that draws the screen back across the keyboard and tilts it up in a single action. The C200 Tablet PC notebook series is a Sonoma-based Centrino affair with dual-channel system memory support up to 2GB, dual-layer DVD burning, nVidia graphics, WiFi and Bluetooth wireless and of course Microsoft's Tablet PC platform. Acer also introduced the Ferrari 4000 - claimed as the world's first to use a carbon fiber casing. ...more

New budget AMD 64-bit Athlon expected

There is speculation that AMD is preparing the release of a new low-end Athlon 64 processor, the 2600+. It is anticipated that the processor will run at 1.6GHz, reports the specialist fansite AMD Zone. ...more

Bounty offered over sex.com

Just when you thought that the case surrounding the ownership of the sex.com domain name was over, another bizarre twist presents itself. If you've not been following the case, you might not be aware of the story so far. ...more

Comment: Apple switch to Intel a smart decision

Apple Computer's decision to switch its PC and server product lines from IBM's PowerPC to Intel's x86 microprocessor family is a smart decision that will allow the company to improve the competitiveness of its mobile computing products, iSuppli believes. The company said it will begin introducing Intel x86-based Macintosh PCs and servers in 2006, and will migrate its entire line to Intel microprocessors by 2007. Apple did not divulge whether it will continue to design its own PC core-logic chipsets or if it will employ Intel chipsets along with Intel processors. ...more