IDF, Fall 2004: Rosedale begins Intel's WiMAX rollout

Intel has put its weight behind WiMAX - the wireless metropolitan area network technology - with the announcement of 'Rosedale', its first generation system on a chip design for WiMAX (802.16) systems. Unveiled at the IDF Fall 2004, Intel believes that WiMAX will expand broadband Internet access to a new generation of users. ...more

UPDATED: DoJ calls on AMD and Nvidia for graphics antitrust probe

AMD is familiar with anti-trust spats, but they usually involve Intel and the processor market. The company, however, has now been dragged into an anti-trust suite involving graphics processors and cards. The Sunnyvale chipmaker has received a subpoena from the US Department of Justice (DoJ) Antitrust Division, which is looking into potential antitrust violations in the market. ...more

P2P activity doubles in two years

Despite the best efforts of the music industry, peer-to-peer activity has more than doubled over the past two years according to the latest figures from a p2p tracking service. Big Champagne reports that in September the average number of people logged onto p2p networks worldwide was 9,284,558. In September 2003 the figure was 4,319,182. ...more

Sony launches drag and drop music straight to car

Hooking your MP3 player up to the car stereo is nothing new - and, in the case of the iTrip in the UK, not legally approved - but Sony has announced a new gadget for loading music directly from the PC to the car stereo itself. The GIGA Panel in-car sound system - the facia is pictured - connects to a PC via a USB port and then plugs back into the car. The device features 1GB of memory for storing the tracks. ...more

New Elements from Adobe

Adobe has released PhotoshopElements 2.0, an upgrade to its image editing application for home users. Elements is effectively a stripped-down version of Photoshop, Adobe's market-leading professional image editing application. ...more