Camino man moves to Firefox to boost Mac progress

The Mozilla Foundation has appointed a developer to work on improving the Mac version of Firefox, with spin-offs for the OS X-only Camino browser. Currently Firefox on a Mac comees a poor second against the likes of Safari, suffering from a poor interface and is much slower than either the Windows version or Safari. Josh Aas will focus on code that the two browsers share and on Firefox-specific OS X code. ...more

Leaked PDF hints at touch-screen iPod

Apple has briefly leaked a mention of a touch-screen iPod in a PDF on the Developer section of its website. According to InfoWorld, the PDF referred to support for iPod Notes on 'touch-screen models.' The document has since been altered to say: 'The Notes feature is supported for iPod models beginning with third-generation iPod (dock connector) models with touch wheel. ...more

Price check: Broadband routers

If you've got more than one computer at home and are hooked up to broadband, you'll probably want to share that connection via an Internet gateway. Here we take a snapshot of UK prices for broadband routers. Starting at ?32. ...more

Samsung announces world's smallest audio player

With MP3 and Napster still in the headlines, Samsung has chosen a great time to promote its latest music playing hardware. The Mini Yepp is a tiny egg-shaped device that weighs a remarkable 1.13 ounces and features 32Mb of internal memory. ...more

IBM sells off Greenock manufacturing plant

IBM has pulled out of the manufacture of low-end PCs and servers. Instead, it is outsourcing its range of low and mid-range eServer xSeries systems and IntelliStation workstations to Sanmina-SCI in a $3.6bn three year deal. ...more