New iMacs unveiled

Apple has unveiled a completely redesigned iMac, in an amazing new design and featuring an LCD, flat-panel display, SuperDrive and G4 processors for the first time. The computer itself is housed in a white dome-shaped casing just 10.5 inches in diameter across the base. ...more

Oracle9i database launched

Among the tech giants that roam the corporate world, Oracle is one of the biggest. And its just updated its main database - Oracle9i has been launched. IBM and even Microsoft are eating into Oracle's share of the heavy-duty database market, but Oracle has grown to incorporate all manner of e-business related offerings, from JDeveloper for Java programming to Oracle Portal for customisable Web presences. ...more

Microsoft profits slump

Microsoft has announced its financial results for the last three months of 2006. The figures reveal a 28 per cent drop in net income year-on-year, down to a mere $2.6 billion. ...more

HP targets digital photography and home entertainment markets

HP is bidding to turn on consumers who have been turned off by complicated technology. It has launched a new strategy for addressing the digital photography and consumer home entertainment markets. Under the banner 'Enjoy more', the strategy will be backed by more than 100 products, the company claims. ...more

Transmeta and AMD gang up on Intel

Transmeta and AMD are co-operating in order to beat Intel in the processor market. Transmeta, who has found success with low-power, low-temperature processors for notebooks, has announced it will use AMD's x86-64 64-bit architecture and HyperTransport technology in future chips. According to reports, Transmeta had helped AMD develop its 64-bit architecture in the first place. ...more