Intel Centrino mobile technology

You can say what you like about Intel, but you can't deny its marketing expertise. Brands like Intel Inside and Pentium have infiltrated the public mind at every level with their simple logos and huge advertising campaigns, but where do you go from there? Intel's next point of call is branding the whole mobile 'user experience', which it snappily calls Centrino. Indeed, you don't just need the new Pentium-M processor to be in the Centrino gang. ...more

Apple subpoenas 'rumour' sites to find leak

Apple has been granted permission to subpoena three Mac-oriented websites as part of its attempt to discover who leaked confidential information about a future Apple product. AppleInsider and PowerPage will be ordered to hand over 'documents relating to the identity of any individual or individuals who have knowledge regarding the source of posts on its site disclosing information', The Mac Observer has discovered. The product concerned is codenamed Asteroid or Q97 and is believed to be a FireWire audio interface for GarageBand. ...more

IBM subpoenas major tech firms over SCO dealings

IBM has subpoenaed major tech firms and investors to come clean about their relationship with SCO, hinting at a revelatory period in the multi-billion dollar Unix IP suit. SCO, which alleges IBM has improperly used Unix intellectual property it claims as its own, forged a series of agreements that added confidence to its position in the years before and since it launched its suit. Now, as the two adversaries enter the final period to assemble their evidence, IBM has called upon Microsoft, Sun and HP, as well as investors BayStar Capital to reveal the fine detail of those communications. ...more

Digital divide splits Britain

The battle to broadband-enable the UK has largely been won according to a report by Ofcom. Almost every exchange in the country has been converted. Also, local loop unbundling is proceeding rapidly with almost half the country now able to choose an alternative supplier to BT. ...more

NHS facing massive cost overrun for IT system

A mammoth IT system for the NHS is expected to cost billions more than expected, possibly eating into funds needed for front-line local health services, according to reports. The system, which will enable patients to book hospital appointments at times and places that suit them and give health staff access to patient records wherever they are, was originally billed at ?2.3bn over three years. ...more