IBM claims WiFi chipset breakthrough

IBM is claiming a breakthrough in wireless technology which, the company says, could lead to a new generation of wireless electronic devices that are able to transmit and receive ten times faster than today's advanced WiFi networks. Based around silicon germanium compound, the chipset is able to send and receive information in a portion of the radio spectrum that is currently unlicensed and can carry a much higher volume of data. The new technology uses the portion of the radio spectrum from roughly 30 to 300 GHz, which is referred to as 'millimeter wave' frequency bands, since the waves in a signal within these bands is measured in millimeters. ...more

Apple and Microsoft battle for younger audience

You can tell any story you want if you're careful which stats you choose to publish, and it would seem that both Apple and Microsoft are trying to tell the story of having the youngest users. Despite a survey from MetaFacts claiming, late last year, that almost half of Apple's users were 55 or older, the Cupertino computer maker claimed that only one in five was over 55, a report in Information Week reveals. Which stat is closer to the truth depends on which truth you want to believe, but new results from Hitwise, which monitors web traffic, has turned the tables on Microsoft, by revealing that most visitors to apple. ...more

Two new V.92-ready modems from Creative

Creative's new offerings prepare you for some V.92-powered browsing. The two modems - one is an internal PCI device, the other is externally connected and powered via USB - are V. ...more

Broadband continues its UK climb

The National Statistics Office has updated its records for Internet access within the UK. The latest figures relate to March 2003 and suggest a creeping growth for Net connectivity - since March 2002 there was a 3.1 per cent increase in the number of 'subscriptions' to the Internet, which is the statisticians terms for Net access. ...more

GeForce FX off the blocks

nVidia brings photo-realism to the desktop with GeForce FX. From both sides of the Atlantic, nVidia yesterday launched its next generation of graphics processor: here in Lodon and at the Comdex industry show in Las Vegas. Rather than a small step forward to GeForce 5, the company is claiming a giant leap with the moniker GeForce FX. ...more