Apple updates the Power Mac G5 range

Apple has updated its Power Mac G5 range, adding faster processors, higher performance graphics and Mac OS X 10.4. As expected, the top-of the range model sports two 2. ...more

Microsoft and AMD back FlexGo computing

Microsoft and AMD are backing a pay-as-you-go computing initiative for developing countries, such as India and China, a.k.a 'high growth markets'. ...more

ATI begins shipping Radeon 9600 PRO chips

ATI Technologies has announced that it has started volume shipments of its new-generation Radeon 9600 PRO (RV350) graphics chips, which it launched in March. Graphics cards based on the Radeon 9600 PRO chip are aimed at the mainstream market of less than US$200, ATI said. With architecture featuring quad pixel pipes and dual vertex engines, the Radeon 9600 PRO also features support for the latest Microsoft?s DirectX 9, OpenGL feature sets, advanced anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering technologies. ...more

Airlines experiencing the pressure of technology security threats

Four-fifths of major airlines feel under increased pressure to respond to technology-related security threats, according to new research. The survey of 157 of senior business and IT professionals in the airline and air freight business was carried out by Loudhouse Research. It found that 80 per cent of respondents said that the pressure to respond to security threats is increasing within their businesses. ...more

Ofcom forces access revolution at BT

BT is promising 'equality of access' to its local network in a bid to satisfy Ofcom and demands for clearer regulation of telecoms. The two main players in the British telecoms arena have agreed a new approach to regulation for landline telecommunications. The central goal is to ensure equality of access to those parts of the fixed telecoms network which BT's competitors cannot replicate. ...more