Intel to terminate 'Tejas' Pentium design

Intel is set to announce that it is to stop development of the 'Tejas' version of the Pentium 4 architecture. The Tejas architecture was slated to replace the Prescott models towards the end of this year. Also set for the bin is the similar Xeon processor known as 'Jayhawk'. ...more

UK games chart: Shadow of the Colossus makes a new number one

Need for Speed: Most Wanted is finally deposed from the top of the ELSPA UK games chart, with Sony's Shadow of the Colossus finally knocking aside the street racing game. The soul-seeking fantasy adventure game for the PS2 goes straight in at number one, with Lucas Arts's Star Wars: Empire at War, for the PC, in at number two. Need for Speed: Most Wanted is down to three. ...more

Broadband enjoys global growth

The number of broadband lines worldwide rose 50 per cent in 2004 to 150 million. New figures show that the USA, with 33.9 million lines, has the most connections, but China is closing fast, connecting over 6. ...more

Maplin sneaks out a digital pen camera for spies

Camera technology gets smaller and smaller, and now there's a webcam that fits in a pen. Dubbed the world's most discreet digital camera, Maplin Electronics has produced a Digital Pen Camera. Not only can this miniature webcam write letters and notes with ink, it also features a PixArt CMOS image sensor, automatic white balance and exposure control, and an RS232-based transmission rate of 115Kbit/sec. ...more

Gates to step down from Microsoft

Bill Gates is quitting his post as Chief Software Architect at Microsoft to concentrate on his charitable work. He has announced that he plans to 'transition out' of his role by July 2008 although he will remain as the non-executive Chairman of the company he founded in 1975. Gates, the world's richest man with an estimated fortune of around $50 billion, is to turn his attention to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which is estimated to give around $1 billion a year to charity projects that include educational scholarships and computer donations to schools in the United States. ...more