British boardrooms lack technological understanding

There is a gulf in understanding between Chief Executives and Chief Information Officers in British boardrooms according to a new study. Only 19 per cent view their ICT infrastructure as 'excellent' and twelve per cent think their systems are poor value for money. According to the study carried out by the Economist Intelligence Unit on behalf of Telewest, nearly two thirds of CEOs say that technology usually underperforms against expectations. ...more

PC in a briefcase

Portable computers are great whether they are PDAs or laptops but sometimes you just need access to your home PC. Well one industrious chap has decided to make his machine very mobile indeed. Known only as 'Lanjunky', this fellow has put the insides of his beloved PC into a snazzy looking aluminium case, the type that you'd use for storing camera equipment. ...more

EU charges Apple over iTunes pricing

The European Commission has issued formal charges against Apple and the major record companies, alleging they have violated EU rules on restrictive business practices. The Commission has sent a Statement of Objection to Apple and unidentified record companies, believed to be the 'big four' of EMI, Sony BMG, Universal Music and Warner Music. Chief among the Commissions concerns is the fact that consumers can only buy music from the local version of online stores. ...more

ATI loses ground in desktop graphics market

ATI has maintained its lead in desktop graphics although rivals NVidia is closing the gap. A new report on graphics shipments and supplier market share for the last three months of 2004 shows ATI maintaining its lead in the discrete desktop segment. It is by a narrower margin, however, than in the third quarter, with Nvidia regaining ground. ...more

MSN clones Google News

In advance of an 'imminent' launch of its own search engine, Microsoft has issued a statement of intent by launching its own version of the popular Google News to be known as MSN Newsbot. Based initially on feeds from the Moreover news aggregation service, the new beta service aims to provide news on a range of subjects including World, Sports, Entertainment, Science and Technology. As with Google News, the information is gathered and aggregated on the pages automatically from over 4,000 news services including our humble selves. ...more