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

Nvidia unveils its fastest ever mobile GPU

Chip builder Nvidia has introduced what it claims is the world's fastest GPU for notebooks, the GeForce Go 6800 Ultra mobile GPU. Although not generally known for use as high performance games machines, notebooks using the Go 6800 Ultra mobile GPU support Nvidia's range of visual technologies aimed at the gamer including Shader Model 3.0 and PureVideo Technology. ...more

Apple records first-ever billion dollar profit

Apple has announced record revenues and profits for the last financial quarter, after selling more than 20 million iPods and seeing a 28 per cent growth in Mac sales. Revenues of $7.1 billion generated a profit of $1,004 million; previous record figures, reported for the same quarter last year, were $5,749 million and $565 million respectively. ...more

Government 4 Microsoft 4 ever true

The first fruits of the government's partnership with Microsoft have emerged. The Government Gateway, which allows citizens to use one password or digital certificate to access all government sites, is now live on the UKonline site. The intention is to make it easy to access government services, such as downloading tax return forms and VAT returns, although the only service available at the moment is registering for self-assessment. ...more

Amnesty International targets Sun, Nortel, Cisco and Yahoo!

Human rights group Amnesty International has launched global campaign against internet repression, targeting companies including Sun Microsystems, Nortel Networks, Cisco Systems, Yahoo! and Google which it says are among those implicated in helping governments censor the Internet or track down individual users. The campaign aims to claim back the Web as a force for change in the face of what the campaign group describes as increasing willingness on the part of technology companies to aid censorship and repression. 'From Iran to the Maldives and Cuba to Vietnam, governments are both cracking down on those who use the Internet to communicate their views and denying their citizens access to its wealth of information,' Amnesty said. ...more