NBC woos YouTube

The phenomenal popularity of the video-sharing website YouTube has attracted the approval of NBC. The American TV broadcaster will now use the site to run promotional videos and other clips. Using a dedicated channel on YouTube, NBC will plug forthcoming content and could also air clips from old shows and special behind-the-scenes footage, reports the BBC. ...more

Online shopping threat exaggerated - report

Online shopping is not quite as fraught with risk as some would have us believe, according to online retailers in the UK. A recent APACS (Association for Payment Clearing Services) report showed card-not-present (CNP) fraud, which includes online shopping, added up to more than ?90m - an increase of 29 per cent - during the first six months of 2005. However, Internet fraud itself only rose five per cent, although it remained the largest part of CNP fraud. ...more

Samsung crosses Palm with silver

It's emerged that Samsung Electronics will be using the Palm operating system in its new range of next-generation phones. Following the lead of Kyocera, which recently launched its Smartphone in the US, the new Palm phones could arrive on US shores in the second quarter of 2001. The units will feature a Palm-style screen and will have access to the numerous applications that are available for the PDA system. ...more

A quantum leap, using silicon

A quantum computer may sound futuristic, but researchers are working on such a model using existing silicon fabrication techniques... ...more

Labs specification change: Mesh Matrix Photo Pro

Due to a shortage of AMD Athlon X2 5000+ processors, Mesh is changing the specification of the PC Pro Recommended Photo-editing PC (reviewed issue 145, p102). Instead of an Athlon X2 5000+, the machine will now be shipped with an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600. Naturally, this requires a motherboard change, so in place of the Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe there will be an Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe. ...more