Second-generation Predator

Iomega has announced a USB 2.0 version of its stylish external CD-R/W Predator drive. The new drive offers 40-speed read, 24-speed write and 10-speed rewrite performance, meaning you can burn an hour's worth of content in under four minutes. ...more

Red Hat leads Linux way for Web servers

Internet services company, Netcraft, is is reporting that Redhat has retained its commanding lead in web servers over the past six months despite a slight drop in market share. The report says that while RedHat ran on 1.47 million active sites in July with a 49. ...more

Hi-Grade goes Centrino with the Notino

Hi-Grade's new Notino C6700 series notebooks follow the Intel Centrino path to wireless computing. Containing a 1.7GHz Pentium M processor (with 1MB of level 2 cache), an Intel 855PM chipset and built-in (802. ...more

Adobe and Yahoo! partner to create PDF documents online

Adobe, the company behind the ubiquitous Acrobat PDF reader and Yahoo! have teamed up to promote each other's products. Adobe has agreed to add Yahoo! as its default web search for a future version of the Acrobat Reader. In return, Yahoo! will develop a co-branded version of the Yahoo! toolbar which will include the ability to create PDF documents online. ...more

VeriSign vows to fight on over SiteFinder redirects

US Domain name registrar VeriSign says it will continue to make its case for its controversial SiteFinder redirected service. Yesterday, Russell Lewis, VeriSign's Executive Vice President, General Manager said that the company plans to relaunch the service as quickly as possible. VeriSign officials say that, as they see it, this is about having the freedom to innovate in the face of obstruction from a small number of Internet purists. ...more