Homepage virus invades UK

You may already be a victim of the homepage virus - it's been doing the rounds of UK email servers all day. The virus is identified by a subject line that says "Homepage" and a message that says "Hi! You've got to see this page, it's really cool ;o". Like the Anna Kournikova virus it doesn't trash the hard drive or delete files, but reproduces itself and clogs up email servers. ...more

CeBIT 2007: Hybrid hard disks will be flash in the pan, says Sandisk

Sandisk has launched a 32GB solid-state hard disk for laptops - and a withering attack on the new breed of hybrid hard disks. The company claims that enterprise customers are 'banging on the door' for its new 2.5in 32GB flash drive, which will initially be sold only to OEMs, but will be made available in retail later this year. ...more

Adobe tempts graphics firms to OpenHD Alliance

Adobe has announced that 10 more companies have joined its OpenHD Alliance, which aims to provide an integrated, certified high definition hardware and software for Windows. The new members include manufacturers of graphics cards, video capture devices, video accelerators, audio tools and storage products. Together with the introduction of the Adobe Production Studio they have enabled Adobe to create seven new turnkey solutions supporting HDV to real-time compressed and uncompressed HD. ...more

AMD boosts Opteron server range

AMD has added two- and eight-way server processors to the 64-bit Opteron range. It claims the Model 252 and 852 processors now represent 'the world's highest performing processors' for servers and workstations. Part of the announcement includes AMD chipset support for PCI-Express I/O, in the form of the AMD-8132 HyperTransport PCI-X 2. ...more

BlackBerry gets speed Edge

RIM and Cingular have announced a new BlackBerry handheld that is the first to take advantage of Cingular's Edge network, the 'largest and fastest' national wireless data network in the US. The BlackBerry 8700c is built on the Intel XScale architecture with a PXA901 cellular processor and is the first RIM device compatible with Edge networks. Edge, or Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution, provides faster data throughput than standard mobile networks, although not as quick as 3G services. ...more