Apple denies eyeing Intel chips

Apple has begun talks with Intel about the possibility of using its processors in future Mac products, according to the Wall Street Journal. The US business newspaper reports that Apple has tentatively agreed to use Intel chips, which power a majority of the world's PCs. Currently Apple uses Power PC processors from IBM and Motorola. ...more

Hitachi unleashes PC-TV

Want to watch some telly while surfing the net or playing your favourite game? TV cards in PCs aren't new, but the latest Hitachi PC was designed with multimedia convergence in mind. The Prius Deck 750S5PV is a PC which has a TV tuner and a 100Gb hard drive. "So what?" you say. ...more

Hong Kong movie pirate sentenced

A Hong Kong man convicted of movie piracy using the BitTorrent service has been sentenced to three months. Unemployed 38-year-old Chan Nai-ming was convicted last month of distributing three movies: Daredevil, Red Planet and Miss Congeniality; making him the first BitTorrent user to be successfully prosecuted for the offence. Chan pleaded not guilty. ...more

Sega and Sony link up

After the demise of the Dreamcast, Sega jumped into bed with every console hardware manufacturer that came along in an attempt to make friends and to shift its core business back to games rather than hardware. The first of such strategic relationships was with Sony and now the two former rivals have announced that they are to join forces again. This time the collaboration comes via the companies' two consoles - the Dreamcast and the PlayStation 2. ...more

Microsoft fixes image handling flaw in latest monthly security bulletin

Microsoft has included two critical patches in its January security bulletin closing up holes in its browser and operating system software. The patches fix an HTML Help ActiveX control Cross Domain Vulnerability and an error in the way Windows handles cursor and icon images. Left unpatched, Windows systems would be open to attack if the owners could be persuaded to view specially modified websites or email messages. ...more