Pace Micro stems losses

British set top box manufacturer Pace Micro has reduced the flow of red ink on its balance sheet but the year 2002-03 is probably a year it will want to forget. Annual revenues fell 53 per cent to just ?166.6 million from 2002's ?351. ...more

Sony launch baby PDA

Sony has announced three new Cli? PDAs, including its smallest ever model. Aimed at the low to mid level markets, the SL10 weighs only 103g and is only 16.5mm thick. ...more

Transmeta to target low-priced notebooks with Efficeon processors

US-based Transmeta is targeting the notebook market featuring low costs and mainstream panel sizes of over 12 inches with its new Efficeon processors, said company CEO Matthew R Perry. Samples of the Efficeon processors have been distributed to notebook makers worldwide. The company expects volume shipments of the 1. ...more

O2 launches bulk SMS service for SMEs

BT mobile phone subsidiary O2 has introduced a low cost service for businesses to enable them to send thousands of SMS messages with a single email. Business Text allows organisations to send text messages to between one and 100,000 mobile phone users on any network. The service costs a minimum of ?80 for 800 messages up to ?6,100 for 100,000 messages. ...more

Wiki runs Encyclopaedia Britannica close as authority

A face off has been staged between the upstart DIY Internet encyclopaedia Wikipedia and the venerable Encyclopaedia Britannica. According to researchers from the scientific journal Nature, the two closely match each other in terms of accuracy when it came to science entries. Given the nature of Wikipedia, the results are surprising. ...more