A cutting edge card from nVIDIA

When nVIDIA showed off their Ultra reference board we were less than impressed. Many technical Web sites went weak at the knees for the card that demanded a 1GHz processor to support its power hungry rush for speed (and actually had a device driver available). But we looked at it and saw that a GTS card was still a viable purchase, especially with older processors, as long as you had 128Mb RAM. ...more

UK Web access cheaper than US and Europe

We have finally got the Internet charges we deserve, say the Campaign for Unmetered Telecoms (CUT) and regulator Oftel. CUT, a pressure group that worked to bring down Web access fees, is to disband after achieving its goal of cheap, flat-rate access for consumers, the group said. Before CUT formed in 1998 the UK wasn't even talking about flat-rate access let alone offering it as an alternative to per-minute charges. ...more

ISPs need to expand broadband services - Gartner

According to a report by Gartner, ISPs will see an 8.8 per cent growth in broadband revenues for the next three years. But the analysts warned that operators will have to take steps to secure these revenues. ...more

MandrakeSoft acquires Linux support company Edge IT

MandrakeSoft is gearing up for a full scale assault on the French corporate and public sector with the acquisition of Linux support company Edge IT. Edge IT already counts OECD, the world economic organization, Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, a French Political Science School, and Prisma Presse, a publishing company, among its customers. And with the French government recently talking up a renewed appetite for the cost-savings associated with open source, Mandrake is keen to be seen to have the stomach to cater for the support needed by the public sector and business. ...more

New industry consortium to promote holographic storage

The newly formed Holographic Versatile Disc (HVD) Alliance has been established to promote holographic-based storage for a new generation of optical discs. Blue laser-based Blu-ray is already set to replace current red laser-based DVD technology, but holographic storage is getting ready for its spot in the light.. ...more