GeForce3: first tests

We get our hands on nVIDIA's next-generation card, the GeForce3. Over the past few years nVIDIA has been a key player in the graphics card market, and with the success of its GeForce chipsets, it's taken the market by the throat. So with the release of its next-generation card, the GeForce3, there’s a huge burden on nVIDIA to produce something special. ...more

Microsoft warns of seven new patches on the way

It's almost that time of the month again. On July's Patch Tuesday, on the 11th, Microsoft is to provide fixes for seven security concerns that cover a range of vulnerabilities affecting Windows and Office, some of which have been deemed to be 'critical'. Four of the seven patches will address problems uncovered in the Windows operating system, while three will deal with flaws in Microsoft Office. ...more

JVC and Canon break new ground with DV camcorders

JVC and Canon have announced new video cameras that dispense with tape as a means for recording movies. Instead the JVC has a built-in hard drive while Canon's record direct to DVD. The Everio GZ-MG70 is the flagship model in JVC's Everio G-Series of hard disk camcorders, the world's first collection of camcorders to use built-in hard disk drives as a storage media. ...more

SCO cuts losses but cash reserves dwindle

SCO has set out its Q3 results, claiming a profitable Unix business, but there's still no sign that the trickle of Linux licensing revenues are anywhere near the cost of squeezing them out. The Unix company stated a net loss of $7.4mn on revenues of $11. ...more

No more CD ripping?

It looks like the days are numbered for all you MP3 collectors. One company has developed a system that will prevent people from ripping tracks from audio CDs and the first such disk is on sale next month. Country and Western legend Charley Pride releases his "A Tribute to Jim Reeves" album in the US on 15 May and it is the first CD of its kind to feature this electronic copy protection. ...more