Opteron powers AMD financials

AMD is back in the black. Intel's rival has reported a net income of $11m - generated from sales of $1.260bn - for its second quarter of 2005 (ending 26 June). ...more

IBM supercomputer breaks own speed record

An IBM supercomputer already rated as the fastest in the world has overtaken its own speed record according to the US Energy Department. The record was achieved despite the fact that the computer in question is still only half built. An IBM Blue Gene/L currently under construction at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California performed 135. ...more

CES: Kodak leads era of email-equipped cameras

Kodak claims to have made a 'quantum leap in the fulfillment of its EasyShare' vision by launching a digital camera that allows users to email pictures directly from the device. It's another example of digital camera makers cutting out the middle man - the PC - so users can distribute pictures quickly and easily. The EasyShare One, described as the first product of its kind, also allows people to view and organise online albums in the Kodak EasyShare gallery, formerly known as Ofoto, and print wirelessly to a Kodak photo printer. ...more

AOL to offer broadband via NTL

Households with access to NTL can now sign up to AOL broadband following a deal between the two companies. The service, which is planned to go live in the spring of next year gives AOL access to NTL's 7.2 million broadband enabled customers. ...more

Mobile Duron hits 1GHz

AMD has released a Mobile Duron chip, clocked at 1Ghz. The chip features AMD's PowerNow! energy-saving technology and Compaq is to ship the processor, immediately, in its Compaq Presario 700 range of notebooks. Intel's fastest mobile Celeron chip runs at 933Mhz and costs $134 each in lots of one thousand. ...more