Dell takes the lead in rapidly expanding UK PC market

The UK PC market grew 17.4 per cent over the last 12 months, the highest rate since 2000. At the same time, Dell took over from HP as the leading manufacturer. ...more

Beeb bundles multimedia into search

The BBC has added the ability to search audio and visual content to its relaunched and reinvigorated search engine for its website. Visitors to bbc.co. ...more

AMD squeezes Intel on cheaper chips

While the chip giants know they should avoid a price war in a slow PC market, AMD has followed Intel's price cutting move within days. Intel's drive is to push out the PIII and encourage the take up of the P4. Top deals go to 1Ghz and 800Mhz PIIIs and 800Mhz Celerons, dropping ten, 11 and 19 per cent to $241, $163 and $112 respectively (prices are based on purchases of a thousand). ...more

BT sets faster and slower broadband services

BT is set to launch two new wholesale ADSL products, one at a relatively slow 256Kbit/sec and one at 2Mbit/sec. Home 250, which can only be called broadband in the always-on sense, should retail to consumers at around ?17.50 per month, while Home 2000 will come in around ?55 (both inc. ...more

CES 2007: Industry prepares for CES and Macworld duel

Starting on Monday, the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas comprises of 2,700 companies, all trying to outdo the glitz and glamour of The Strip to wow attendees with the latest in cutting-edge personal technology. This year, the focus is on the transition of traditional media to digital. There'll be plenty on the high-definition battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray, as well as a whole new generation of large LCD TVs - we're told that Samsung will be showing off its latest 103in version. ...more