BBC prototypes Web 2.0 for Radio 1

The BBC has demonstrated a prototype version of the Radio 1 website that deploys Web 2.0 technologies designed to enable new levels of user interaction. Jason DaPonte, executive producer of bbc. ...more

Intel completes WiMax Connection 2300 chipset design

Intel is moving closer to its vision of laptops and other mobile devices supporting 'the best connection you can find' courtesy of WiMax, the wireless metropolitan area network technology. It has announced completion of designs for its first mobile WiMax baseband chip. Combined with its previously announced single-chip, multi-band WiMax/Wi-Fi radio, the pair will create the Intel WiMax Connection 2300 chipset. ...more

2003 Reliability Survey: Only one week to go!

If you've bought a PC, notebook, printer or PDA in the last two years, then we want to hear about it. Was the service fabulous? Dreadful? Would you buy from the same vendor again? Also, tell us your favourite online shopping site and what you think of your ISP. To share your experiences, click the link below. ...more

Intel opens up its first programmable microprocessor

A bit of computing history. It was 35 years ago that Intel released its first programmable microprocessor, the Intel 4004, and helped begin the miniaturisation of computing, which lead directly to today's ubiquitous personal computer. Measuring 1/8th by 1/6th of an inch, the chip, produced in November 1971, delivered the same computing power as the ENIAC electronic computer of 1946, which filled an entire room with its 18,000 vacuum tubes. ...more

Spring IDF 2006: Intel unveils faster memory

Intel revealed more information on its upcoming memory standards at IDF. DDR2-800 is set to be released in the second half of 2006, with the successors to the current mid-range 945 chipset being the first Intel products to support the new standard. The 945 will be replaced by the 965P and G chipsets for 'Digital Home' systems, and by the 965Q and 963Q for 'Digital Office' users. ...more