MSI to launch own-brand graphics cards using ATI chips

MSI chooses Nvidia and ATI, following the lead of Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology Micro-Star International (MSI), one of Taiwan's first-tier motherboard makers, is expected to launch MSI-branded graphics cards using ATI Technologies' graphic processing units (GPUs) in January next year, according to industry sources. MSI, which currently mainly uses Nvidia solutions, an archrival of ATI, for its own-brand graphics cards, declined to comment on its future product developments. MSI decision to adopt chips from both Nvidia and ATI follows the similar moves by competitors like Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology. ...more

EC eyes single market for digital content

The European Commission has begun a public consultation on ways to stimulate the growth of an EU single market for online digital content including films, music and games. The Commission hopes to encourage the development of new business models and promote the cross-border delivery of online content services. The Western European online content sector already accounts for eight per cent of EU GDP and online content-sharing frameworks and markets are expected to triple by 2008. ...more

UN says spam can be canned in two years

The world can be free of spam within two years estimates United Nations International Telecommunications Union according to a report by the Reuters news agency. The alternative is that the world may abandon the internet as a tool 'If we don't work together, we may see millions of people abandoning the Net entirely out of frustration and disgust.' Robert Shaw, Internet strategy expert with the ITU told a press conference. ...more

The future according to HP

HP outlined its view of a "service-centric" future of computing at a news conference to highlight its major computing research projects. With the World Wide Web playing a central role, HP foresees computing services being purchased wirelessly from any location at any time of day, and these services will be underpinned by massive data centres linked around the world. This is the scenario HP is assuming for its major paths of research. ...more

Samsung doubles its solid state drive capacity

Aimed at compact laptops, personal navigation systems and digital camcorders, Samsung has doubled the capacity of its solid state drives (SSDs) based on NAND flash memory. It has unveiled a 1.8in 64GB model. ...more