MySpace heads to China - report

MySpace.com is in talks to bring its social-networking site to China. It is negotiating with Boston technology trade publisher International Data Group's Chinese venture arm and former China Netcom Group's Chief Executive Edward Tian, reports the Wall Street Journal. ...more

Outforce demo available today

If you are a big fan of strategy games then you might want to take a look at a new release from Infinite Loop. The Outforce is a traditional top-down strategy game in which you control a 25th century human battle fleet as they war it out with the turtle-like Gobins and the proud Crion warrior race. Even though the game is played in deep space, you only have to worry about controlling your units in a 2D battlefield. ...more

Hitachi shrinks iPod hard drives

If we don't know anything about Apple's next version of the iPod, one reasonable certainty is that it will be smaller and more robust, as Hitachi has just made the hard drives used 10 per cent smaller with the use of a new connector. It has stripped out the standard notebook-based connector currently used on the Travelstar C4K60 series for the ZIF connector commonly found on consumer electronics. The new connector not only reduces the overall size of the unit but also allows it to connect to the host device through a flexible cable. ...more

Symantec SystemWorks for the Mac

Symantec has announced a major new utilities bundle for the Mac, in the shape of Norton SystemWorks. The bundle includes both its major Mac products, Norton Utilities 6.0 and Symantec Anti-Virus 7. ...more

V7 pulls down LCD prices

Videoseven (V7) is offering more inches for your money with a new 19in LCD display. The silver-hued V7 L19M is pitched at the competitive price of ?569 - including VAT. That would be a lot of money for a 19inch CRT monitor, but remember that 20in LCD offerings can set you back more than ?1,000. ...more