Wake up to MP3

Napster may be on its last legs, but that doesn't stop you enjoying all those illegal MP3 files you've downloaded in the past. You've probably got your own portable MP3 player, but now you can be the envy of all your friends with an MP3 alarm clock. Yes, you read correctly. ...more

ICANN approves .jobs and .travel Internet addresses

The Internet has two new top level domain names: .jobs and .travel. ...more

AMD ups the mobile ante

AMD updates its high-performance XP processor for notebooks. Emerging from AMD's Fab 30 in Dresden is the mobile Athlon XP 1800+. Building on the first mobile Athlon XP release back in April, the 1800+ runs on a clock speed of 1. ...more

Microsoft schools offer rejected

Judge J Frederick Motz has rejected Microsoft's proposal to donate '$1 billion' of computers, cash and software to US schools in order to settle more than 100 anti-trust cases brought by customers who were overcharged for Microsoft software. The judge ruled that Microsoft's offer 'appears to provide a means for flooding a part of kindergarten through [to] high school market,' a market in which the company has not traditionally been strong, particularly in relation to Apple. He also agreed with some of the deal's critics, saying that were he to approve the deal, the effect could be seen as 'court-approved predatory pricing'. ...more

PC maker fumes at Vista price hike

Leading PC manufacturer Acer has accused Microsoft of ratcheting up the cost of Windows by effectively forcing consumers to opt for the Premium version of Vista. Acer claims that the Vista Home Basic - the new entry-level Windows - is so poorly featured that consumers will simply reject it. "The new [Vista] experience you hear of, if you get Basic, you won't feel it at all," said Jim Wong, senior corporate vice president at Acer. ...more