Analysts suggest Skype's price tag may be too high

Following the news that eBay is to buy Internet voice startup Skype for $2.6bn, analysts have warned that the auction giant may have shelled out more than it should. 'I can see some of the rationale, but I have difficulty justifying the price,' said Maribel Lopez, VP, devices, media and marketing at Forrester Research. ...more

Apple UK offers ?300 iRebate

Apple is offering a rebate of up to ?300 on Apple Store or Apple Authorised Reseller purchases of a new iBook or CD-RW iMac. The offer runs from 15 August to 14 October 2001 and applies when you purchase any of the following products: selected Lexmark Printers, Rio MP3 Players, Canon MV400i series Camcorders and Kodak EasyShare Digital Cameras. For each product you buy, you'll receive up to ?80 back. ...more

Virgin bans Apple and Dell laptops from flights

Virgin Atlantic has joined Korean Air in restricting the use of Apple and Dell laptops in the wake of both companies' recalls of potentially dangerous batteries. Virgin Atlantic has joined Korean Air in restricting the the use of Apple and Dell laptops in the wake of both companies' recalls of potentially dangerous batteries. Passengers wishing to take a laptop from either company onto a flight must first remove the battery. ...more

ATI back on form?

Graphics chipset company nVIDIA may be the current king of the 3D hardware realm, but one of the contenders for the crown, ATI, has announced some new technology, Truform. Essentially, Truform allows programmers and 3D modellers to improve the visual quality of models in 3D environments by smoothing-out polygon edges. How does it do this? Well, you could be forgiven for thinking that it actually increases the polygon count in each model, which is the obvious choice. ...more

eBooks of all seasons

Palm Digital Media has opened the covers on new versions of its Palm Reader eBook application at Macworld Expo. The new versions allow users to read eBooks on Windows and Mac desktop operating systems, as well as on Palm and PocketPC handhelds. While different platforms require different versions of the eBooks application, eBooks themselves can be swapped between them seamlessly. ...more