Nvidia unveils GeForce FX Go series

At the CeBit show in Hanover Nvidia has introduced its GeForce FX Go series. Nvidia describes it as bringing 'cinematic computing' and 'unprecedented video capabilities' to notebook PCs. Specifically, the GeForce FX Go5600 and Go5200 GPUs will provide high-end graphics support, in terms of 3D graphics performance and DVD playback, to mobile users. ...more

Oracle announces new entry-level database

Oracle has announced the Oracle Standard Edition Database, an entry-level database aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises. It is a single processor version of its Standard Edition Database. 'Oracle Standard Edition One provides smaller organisations and our partner community with a world-class database at an attractive price,' explains Jacqueline Woods, Oracle VP of Global Practices, Global Pricing and Licensing Strategy. ...more

Ofcom shies away from the break up of BT

Ofcom has backed away from the break up of BT in its Strategic Review of Telecoms instead it is proposing a new `regulatory contract` which will provide a proper framework for competition in the future. Under the latest Phase 2 of its strategic review of telecoms, the regulator admits that 20 years of regulation has not provided the healthy and dynamic market in fixed line telecoms that the architects of privatisation envisaged. Instead, it catalogues a history of slow product development, inferior wholesale products, poor transactional processes and lack of transparency. ...more

Mozilla fixes more holes in Firefox

Mozilla has released an update to Firefox which addresses three security vulnerabilities. The three vulnerabilities now fixed comprise the Privilege escalation via non-DOM property overrides, 'Wrapped' javascript: urls bypass security checks and Code execution via javascript: IconURL. The update also fixes DHTML errors encountered at some websites - for more information on this go to developer-test. ...more

Kodak puts 4mp digicam under ?300

New cameras from Kodak pitch in with some fierce pricing: a 2mp camera for ?99.99 and a 4mp camera for ?299.99. ...more