Intel reports sales up a fifth

Intel has reported record revenues for its third quarter financial results. Sales of $9.96 billion represent an 18 per cent increase year-on-year, and they put Intel in the black to the tune of $2 billion, up 5 per cent on the same period a year ago. ...more

Fujitsu launches E-series lifebooks based on M chips

Fujitsu has launched new E-series 'desktop replacement' notebooks based on Intel's new mobile PIII processor-M CPUs and the Intel 830 chipset. The Lifebooks clock speeds of 1.13, 1. ...more

Samsung unveils 'world first' laptop with detachable screen

Samsung Electronics is set to lure thrifty users with the world's first notebook to come with a reusable monitor. The Korean giant unveiled its latest innovation, the M70, at IFA Berlin 2005 on Friday and said that its unique design will compete with both notebooks and desktops thanks to a mammoth 19in detachable monitor. The M70's LCD monitor can be placed in a dock to give the appearance of a conventional desktop PC, but Samsung's real selling point is that the M70 will allow users to upgrade with minimum expense. ...more

Ask scrubs up for consumer appeal

The butler Jeeves has already been given his P45, but now the whole Ask website has had an overhaul, as the rival to Google, Yahoo! and MSN battles for search market share. The first thing you notice about Ask.com is the cleaner interface, which is an attempt to become less cluttered and 'more consumer focused', the Ask VP of European Product Management, Tony Macklin, told us. ...more

Produce a virtual movie

Have you always wanted the chance to chomp on a big cigar, bark orders to your underlings and practise your casting couch technique? Well, one website lets you get your name on the end credits of a top Hollywood movie. If you want to be a producer on Shadow of the Vampire by Lions Gate Films you will have to put your money where your mouth is and buy a share in the film, which stars John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe and Eddie Izzard. The scheme allows you to become a virtual producer on the movie and members will be able to follow the film through the various stages of production. ...more