Apple upgrades MacBook Pro and cuts price

Following yesterday's release of the first consumer MacBooks, Apple has upgraded the Pro version of the Intel laptops and cut the price. The MacBook Pro range now comprises 2GHz and 2.16GHz options for the 15. ...more

Lenovo turns its hand to a ThinkPad Tablet

Lenovo, the Chinese company that bought IBM's PC business, has announced a Tablet version of the popular ThinkPad X41 notebook. Marking its first new ThinkPad since it bought the division last December, the X41 includes a full-size keyboard while keeping the weight down to 3.5lbs. ...more

F-Secure 2005: PC Pro cover disc upgrade

Many readers who took advantage of the F-Secure Internet Security 2005 offer with our August 2005 issue are now receiving pop-up messages saying that it's time to upgrade to F-Secure Internet Security 2006. We have spoken to F-Secure to confirm how this upgrade will take place, and it has confirmed that it will be contacting PC Pro readers directly with full details on how to upgrade. The message will be sent using the normal F-Secure pop-up system. ...more

Sun simplifies Web services for consumer devices

Sun announces a Web Services Pack for developers targeting mobile and small client devices. Targeting devices such as cellular phones, PDAs, set-top boxes and residential gateways, the new pack represents a bundling of the Forte for Java wireless toolkit together with Java blueprints and APIs from a new specification dealing with Web services for small devices. Sun has highlighted the progress of this specification - a certain 'JSR # 172'. ...more

ClearCommerce warns of online auction holiday scams

Cut-throat thieves are operating a cut-price ticket scam, according to security experts ClearCommerce. Under a ruse known as 'triangulation', gangs operating from Eastern Europe, are promoting online auctions which purport to offer cut price tickets to exotic locations such as the Bahamas. Typically, if a victim buys such a ticket, they will pay the party offering the ticket direct. ...more