ATI ships long awaited X1000 range

Graphics chip manufacturer ATI has finally released its long-awaited new family of Radeon X1000 video cards. The new range features the new 3D 'R520' technology and is expected to compete head to head with arch rival Nvidia's GeForce 7800 series. ATI has launched three models in the range that aims to appeal to entry level through to the most hard-bitten gamer. ...more

RIAA spams file-swappers

The Recording Industry Association of America has said it is to use the chat functions of peer-to-peer file-swapping applications to warn users offering copyright material that they are breaking the law. The 'Music United' campaign will be run by a company external to the RIAA and is claimed to be educational in nature, as opposed to anti-piracy. By scanning peer-to-peer networks, the technology can pick up any apparently copyrighted material from a list of several hundred songs, grab the username and instant message the individual offering such material using the application's own chat function. ...more

Future chips to use magnetic chains

Nanoscale magnets may replace transistors in the computers of the future, after new research discovered that when arranged into rows the magnets are capable of passing information from one to another. With the limit of transistor miniaturisation approaching, the tinier nanomagnets could help to prolong Moore's law and ensure that processors continue to get faster and more powerful. Nanomagnets also have other advantages. ...more

Crash your browser in five easy steps

Web security site Secunia has discovered a bug in versions of IE 5.0 and above for Windows XP which can crash the browser in just five lines of HTML code. A demonstration of the code can be seen here. ...more

And also today (16-May-2001), for the record...

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. That Xbox announcement Bill Gates has announced at the E3 show in Los Angeles that Microsoft will launch the Xbox on 8 November. The asking price will be $299. ...more