Intel puts a fire under mobile devices

If you thought that these new PocketPC devices nipped along, think again. The Palms have a 33Mhz Motorola chip and PocketPC 2002 devices upped the ante to an Intel chip clocked at 206Mhz. Now Intel has turned up the heat further with two new mobile chips, the fastest of which zips along at 400Mhz. ...more

Borland updates its service to applications

One for the back room boys. Borland has announced a new release of its application server product, AppServer 4.5. ...more

Fifteen new ADSL exchanges confirmed

BT has begun enabling a further 15 exchanges with ADSL. This will bring the total number of exchanges upgraded since BT began its registration scheme to 33. The 15 exchanges are: Bideford, Devon; Caerleon, Gwent; Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire; Clitheroe, Lancashire ; Great Yarmouth Town, Norfolk Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire ; Lymm, Cheshire; Newhaven, East Sussex; Middlewich, Cheshire; Neston, Cheshire; Ramsey, East of England; Rhiwderin, Gwent; Pershore, Hereford & Worcester; Westhoughton, Greater Manchester; and Yaxley, Cambridgeshire. ...more

Windows CE to take the PDA to consumers

A recent Gartner report suggests that the slowing European PDA market is only sustained by corporate buying. Q2 shipments for market leader Palm were down nearly 42 per cent on the corresponding quarter last year, although it retained its lead with 32.3 per cent. ...more

Virus plays on terror attacks

Security companies are warning of an email virus, which plays on the public need for information on the terror attacks on London. MessageLabs and F-Secure are among those reporting the discovery of a Trojan-carrying email, which is designed to appear as a CNN newsletter containing video footage of disaster. The email uses breakingnews@cnnonline. ...more