Dell delivers mobile multimedia power with new notebook

Multimedia with bells and whistles is the current name of the game for laptop makers, and Dell's new Inspiron 9100 is no exception. We are talking a desktop replacement machine - running a Pentium 4 E 2.8 GHz processor - rather than a lightweight laptop based on the Centrino platform. ...more

Multi multi-dimensional browser previewed

A Korean company has developed an Internet browser capable of displaying both 2D and 3D multimedia on the World Wide Web. Komid claims it's the first time that 2D and 3D capabilities have been integrated into one browser. The iConnector software will make its debut at Comdex in Las Vegas next month and will be available free-of-charge from December. ...more

Google Earth in the saddle for Le Tour

Tour de France fans can now follow the route via the satellite imagery of Google Earth. A simple download provides a detailed map of each of the 20 stages (and prologue), complete with all the key parts of each stage, the intermediate sprints and the climbs. The Tour website also promises regular results updates, though these don't yet appear to have materialised. ...more

Microsoft affirms commitment to the Mac

The head of Microsoft's Mac Business Unit (MBU) has confirmed that the company's commitment to software development for the Mac remains undiminished, despite the imminent expiry of a five-year agreement between the two companies. Kevin Browne told an audience at Microsoft's California campus that, 'The agreement has ended, but our business is absolutely continuing.' Apple and Microsoft signed a five-year deal in August 1997, which committed Microsoft to develop its Office applications suite for the Mac for the following five years. ...more

Group pushes for privacy symbols

Leading Internet privacy company TRUSTe is to announce plans to develop a set of online symbols that would help users to understand a Web site's privacy policy. The idea is that surfers will not longer have to wade through the reams of jargon that makes up a site's privacy policy and instead will be able to see a representative symbol instead. These symbols will indicate a site's privacy policy and will be useful when surfers use alternative technologies to access the Web, such as PDAs and mobile phones. ...more