Expense killed the digital radio star

Yesterday, a government minister warned that prices of digital radio sets must fall if manufacturers want consumers to upgrade their equipment. Broadcasting Minister Janet Anderson was speaking at the Commercial Radio Companies Association when she said that prices must fall. She said of the new technology, "Thirty-five million people in the UK can reach it but few can yet afford it. ...more

Industrial espionage is the new target for hackers

Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting many of the most sensitive business and government areas. According to the joint Counterpane and MessageLabs 2005 Attack Trends and Analysis survey, although financial institutions and banks are still the prime target for attack the pharmaceutical and manufacturing sectors are increasingly coming under assault from hackers attempting to break in and steal data. The worms that are used to probe corporate defences are becoming increasingly sophisticated. ...more

SMS still powering ahead in UK mobiles

For one, we still haven't got over our love affair with the text message. Revenues from SMS are up 7 per cent sequentially for the quarter ending September 2002. Meanwhile volumes showed a 37 per cent year on year increase at nearly four and a quarter billion. ...more

Fujifilm announces first 4G CCD digicams

With the PMAI (Photo Marketing Association International) show coming up in March, the camera manufacturers are rolling out new devices in preparation. Fujifilm will be showing off cameras based on its fourth-generation Super CCDs and has announced details of the F410 Zoom and F700 - the first to incorporate the new CCDs. With its 3. ...more

AMD reveals Opteron chipset with PCI Express boosted data throughput

AMD has announced details of a new chipset for Opteron-based servers and workstations. Part of the AMD-8000 series, the AMD-8132 HyperTransport PCI-X 2.0 tunnel brings PCI-X 2. ...more