Fuel cell driven MP3 players come closer to reality

The long awaited fuel cell for portable devices is finally on the horizon. The Japanese electronics giant Toshiba says it has developed two fuel cells for use in mobile audio players. The direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) units are based on the technology that Toshiba announced in 2004. ...more

World's first holographic disc drive unveiled

Colorado-based start up InPhase Technologies has announced a prototype of what it says is the world's first holographic disc drive. The company says that it intends to develop a family of WORM drives under the name 'Tapestry' with capacities ranging from 200Gb up to a whopping 1.6Tbytes. ...more

AOL to offer downloadable movies

AOL, currently in transition from its traditional image as a moms and pops ISP to an Internet content portal has signed a deal with a number of the major studios to offer downloadable films through the AOL Video portal. The movie majors who have signed up with the Home Entertainment Group are 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Universal Pictures, and - no surprise - Warner Bros. After purchase - prices range from $9. ...more

GeForce3: first tests

We get our hands on nVIDIA's next-generation card, the GeForce3. Over the past few years nVIDIA has been a key player in the graphics card market, and with the success of its GeForce chipsets, it's taken the market by the throat. So with the release of its next-generation card, the GeForce3, there’s a huge burden on nVIDIA to produce something special. ...more

AMD throws down challenge to Centrino with Turion chip

AMD has signalled it plans to take on Intel in the notebook processor market with a low-power version of its Athlon 64 design for 'thin and light' notebooks. The new range - dubbed Turion - is aimed to go head to head with Intel's Centrino products. Currently AMD has a mobile version of the Athlon 64 and the budget Sempron range for notbooks although neither is particularly optimised for computing on the move and are seen more as desktop replacement machines. ...more