Intel juice to drive RIM's next Blackberry

Research In Motion (RIM) has plumped for Intel's chips for the next generation of Blackberry handhelds, the beloved devices of busy corporate executives. In future, RIM will adopt the Intel XScale architecture and use its PXA9xx cellular processor, codenamed 'Hermon'. The architectural shift will enable the devices to work on high-speed EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution) wireless networks. ...more

Apple confirms some video iPods shipped with virus

Apple has confirmed that it inadvertently shipped a handful of video iPods that contained a Windows worm. The RavMonE.exe worm found its way onto the iPods' hard drives while the players were being assembled by one of Apple's contracted manufacturers. ...more

Xbox goes Elite with big drive and HDMI

Microsoft said on Tuesday it is to begin selling a version of its Xbox 360 console which transmits high-definition video and incorporates a larger hard drive. Microsoft's new Xbox 360 Elite, with a 120GB hard drive and High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) port, will be available on April 29 in the United States and Canada for $479.99. ...more

SunnComm drops suit against Princeton grad's CD hack

SunnComm Technologies has dropped its plans to file a suit against Princeton university and the graduate that published a paper outlining how to bypass its MediaMax CD-3 CD-protection technology. The company said it did not want to pursue legal action that could result in academic research being stifled and instead elected to conclude that the graduate, John Halderman, was mistaken the goal of the technology in his evaluation. SunnComm president, Bill Whitmore stated, 'Because SunnComm is, itself, a company which relies on research and development for its survival, we feel that bringing legal action for damages against researchers in a higher learning environment may contribute to a chilling effect on the type of research that faculty, staff, and students elect to pursue. ...more

Intel puts the surf into surfboard

When you think of California what comes to mind? Images of high-tech Silicon Valley technology, or surfers on Pacific waves? Well, put the two together and you would come up with the very improbable Intel Wireless Technology Surfboard. This rather unique Centrino-based piece of kit will be appearing in the UK for the 2004 GoldCoast Oceanfest, held in Devon 18-20 June. The solar powered board contains a Rock T200 tablet laptop, with a 1. ...more