Computex 2004: Apple eyes 60GB iPod courtesy of Toshiba

Apple has been identified as one of the first customers for new 60GB 1.8in hard drives from Toshiba. These are the drives that are used within the standard iPods (the iPod Minis use a 1in Hitachi drive). ...more

IDF Fall 2003: Intel stays schtum on overclocking

You have probably read a lot of the news emerging from Intel's Developer Forum in San Jose, but has there been any developments regarding the Intel Desktop Control Center, Intel's apparent accommodation of overclocking - which surfaced last month? The answer is no, for all the gathering of the great and the good, but we did try. An Intel spokesperson did confirm the product would appear in the fourth quarter, but short of a release within the next week or two that was always going to be the case. We even went to the top and asked Pat Gelsinger, Intel's CTO, about the plans for the Control Centre. ...more

Wi-Fi Alliance presses ahead for 802.11n certification

The Wi-Fi Alliance has announced that it will begin certifying 802.11n products in the first half of 2007, ahead of the final ratification of the high-speed wireless standard by the IEEE. The IEEE is currently targeting the first quarter of 2008 for final approval, but Wi-Fi products such as broadband routers that deploy the draft specification are already available, with tens of millions pre-standard devices expected to ship next year 2007. ...more

IDC sees solid PC market in 2H 2002 and growth of 8 per cent in 2003

International Data Corporation (IDC) expects worldwide PC shipments to grow just over 1 per cent in 2002 and more than 8 per cent growth in 2003, based on strong public sector spending and continued improvement in the consumer market. Total shipments in 2002 are expected to reach 136.2 million, up 1. ...more

Intel launches business desktop brand

Intel today announced a new brand, vPro, a collection of technologies for business PCs that it hopes will follow in the highly successful footsteps of Centrino Mobile Technology for notebooks. Just as Centrino didn't in itself deliver anything radically new, but created a brand around which hardware manufacturers could sell their products, vPro aims to take existing and already announced technologies to create a reassuring brand for IT managers. Intel says vPro PCs will start shipping in the second half of this year. ...more