ATI begins shipping Radeon 9800 Pro

Are you one of those who have pre-ordered the Radeon 9800 Pro? Well, you may be interested that ATI Technologies has begun shipping its well-received graphics processing system. The Radeon 9800 Pro takes over from the 9700 Pro as ATI's high-end offering for games enthusiasts, and shipments to OEM and retail customers have now begun. ATI says that this fulfils its promise to deliver product within 30 days of the official 6 March. ...more

Linux Expo 2002: Penguins on the PlayStation

The Linux kit for PlayStation 2 has been out since May, but what are people doing with it? We caught up with Jason Doig, senior engineer at Sony, to find out just how the take up of the kit is going. He is insistent that the kit is not for gamers but for Linux enthusiasts with experience. Sony released the kit, says Doig, not to sell it to the masses, but to encourage enthusiasm and show support for the operating system that they themselves use. ...more

Media companies launch campaign against new EU directive

Some of the biggest names in British media have started a campaign against a new draft European Directive aimed at regulating television services across the Union. The group fears the proposed Audiovisual Media Services (AMS) Directive and brands the new proposals as 'Unworkable, unclear and unnecessary regulation (which will) divert investment away from the EU'. The AMS Directive is designed to replace the Television without Frontiers (TVwF) directive that was established in the 1980s. ...more

IDC's PC sales forecast drops a point due to US slump

Slow growth in the US has been bolstered by healthy demand elsewhere in the world, resulting in analyst IDC lowering its PC sales forecast by one per cent Analyst IDC has adjusted its PC sales forecasts, citing slowing growth in the US during the last quarter. While, worldwide, users' hunger for new PCs hasn't been totally satisfied yet, with growth of 9.1 per cent overall in Q3, the US has recently demonstrated a slightly smaller appetite for new machines, leading to slower country growth during the same period. ...more

Orange 'prepping bid for AOL UK'

Orange, the French owned mobile telephone operator, is said to be preparing to bid for AOL's UK operation according to the Daily Telegraph. The ISP, which is owned by the Time Warner media empire, was put up for sale by the company as it seeks to reposition itself away from commodity Internet provision towards a more products and services oriented operation. AOL UK currently has 1. ...more