Graphics toolkits hold cinematic promise for future games

With the Games Developer Conference holding sway in San Jose both ATI and Nvidia have announced new toolkits for graphics rendering. Nvidia has launched version 3.0 of its Shader Model 3. ...more

Peerless at FireWire rates

Iomega's Peerless removable storage drive now comes with a FireWire interface. FireWire (or IEEE1394 or iLink, as it's otherwise known) offers data transfer rates as great as 15Mb/sec when connected to a system with a FireWire 1394 PCI card. The drives are both MacOS and Windows compatible. ...more

Apple in BMW iPod deal?

Apple may be about to announce a new tie-up with BMW that will see the car manufacturer's 3 Series, X3 and X4 models fitted with an iPod adapter. MacMinute has obtained a copy of a joint advertisement, saying, 'The first seamless integration of iPod and automobile.. ...more

Real boss calls iPod owners thieves

The boss of Real Networks has accused iPod owners of 'stealing' half their music, either by downloading it or copying friends' CDs. 'The average number of songs sold for the iPod is 25, and there are many more songs on iPods than 25,' Rob Glaser told The Guardian. 'About half the music on iPods is music obtained illegitimately either from an illegal peer-to-peer networks or from ripping friends' CDs, which is illegal. ...more

Server revenues double forecast

IDC has released its latest figures for the server market in Q3 of this year, showing revenues up by 1.9 per cent rather than the expected 1 per cent. In the second consecutive quarter of growth following nine of decline, revenues for the sector came in at $10. ...more