Nokia turns down the heat on next-generation phones

After Nokia announcing better-than-expected results of ?1.1bn for Q4, analysts have warned of a levelling off in revenue growth for the mobile behemoth. And Nokia has dealt another blow by delaying the release of its 3G handsets. ...more

New Kodak cameras

Three new digital cameras are heading out of the Kodak stable to join their EasyShare brethren. The EasyShare range utilises a docking station, allowing one-touch transferral of your images from camera to PC. The models are as follows. ...more

New ATI X-series graphics first to support PCI Express

ATI Technologies has fired its first broadside in the battle for the PCI Express graphics market with the announcement of its Radeon X-Series family of graphics chips. The company expects product announcement from graphics cards vendors at the end of this month with the official unveiling of the PCI Express bus. The three new chips - the Radeons X300, X600 and X800 - are expected to span the whole market from budget conscious home users to state of the art games machines. ...more

Yahoo follows Motorola - announcing losses, cutting jobs

Yahoo! met analysts' low expectations with its announcement of first quarter earnings, but followed up with plans to lay off over 3,500 workers. The company reported a loss of $11.5 million for this quarter, which is 2 cents a share, when this time a year ago it was announcing a net income of $67. ...more

Comment: Podcasters beware, the marketeers are coming

This year has been earmarked as the tipping point for the new age of online media, with blogs, podcasts and video podcasts beginning to challenge the dinosaurs of broadcasting. The supposed mass migration of people to the web will relieve traditional media firms of their viewers and listeners, putting pressure on the old-school rules of advertising. If you read too much into the meanderings of many online blogs, this new frontier promises a world of free entertainment, bereft of adverts and annoyances such as having to abide by the strict schedules of TV or radio. ...more