Kaspersky gets personal with anti-virus protection

You can compress (multiple times), but you cannot hide. This is the message from Kaspersky for its anti-virus protection for home computers. The well-respected Russian security specialist has updated its AV offering, Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal Pro, and features new to version 5. ...more

100Mbps broadband opens home to streamed HD-TV

Texas Instruments (TI) claims it has built a new broadband technology that can offer speeds of up to 100Mbps to end users over existing infrastructure. TI is in the process of hawking its Uni-DSL (UDSL) wizardry around the various standards bodies in a bid to drum up support. Assuming the broadband provider can get a fibre connection to the street cabinet, they can use the existing copper line from there to the home and still offer these high speeds. ...more

AMD boosts outlook

AMD has raises predictions for fourth quarter. AMD's processors and high-density flash memory products are seeling faster than expected, says AMD. Accordingly it is raising it predicted sales growth for Q4 to 25 per cent, up from its originally stated 20 per cent. ...more

Peter Jackson establishes games development studio for Xbox

Peter Jackson, the Oscar-winning director behind the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy and the monster 'King Kong' remake, is to establish his own games studio based in his native New Zealand. Wingnut Interactive Studio will develop new games titles for Microsoft's Xbox 360 console. Jackson already has a relationship with Microsoft as the executive producer for the upcoming 'Halo' film, based on the Microsoft-owned Bungie Studio's top selling game franchise. ...more

Gnutella users are a bunch of free-riders

Users of Gnutella and Napster may not be as altruistic as they like to make out, according to a recent survey. The research, conducted by the Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre (Parc), shows that far from being the embodiment of the Internet's information-sharing culture, music- swapping services are predominantly used by free-loaders who aren't prepared to contribute anything. According to the survey, based on a 24-hour snapshot of Gnutella usage, 70 per cent of Gnutella users don't share any of their own music files. ...more