Just keep taking a Tablet

On Sunday night, at Comdex, Bill Gates is about to demonstrate his pet project: the Tablet PC. The prototype device is reckoned to be around 8in by 14in and weigh 2.2 pounds. ...more

1-12-2001 Essential news of the week

Brought neatly together and presented on a plate, here is a roundup of some of the week's main news stories from the world of IT. Government campaigns for an online Christmas Labtec's audio lovelies Music subs service geared for a festive roll out JBuilder 6 is brewed Lawyers reject Microsoft deal Keystroke-tapping worm runs riot Creative marches on the lounge Intel reinvents the transistor Don't forget, we welcome your comments. Just fill out the 'Comments' fields on the right-hand side of the screen. ...more

Nokia sets up camp with MIT to boost mobile horizons

Nokia is teaming together with the famous academic centre of computing development that is Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), for a joint research facility entitled the Nokia Research Center Cambridge (NRCC). The centre, which is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a collaboration between Nokia's Research Center and MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). It is intended to bring together researchers and scientists from both parties, to develop next-gen communications technologies. ...more

Friends of Firefox scheme aims to encourage new users

The Mozilla Foundation is offering to allow its users to become immortalised on the wall of its headquarters in California. Starting last Saturday, dubbed World Firefox Day, in honour of the third birthday of the Mozilla Foundation, the organisation is giving people the chance to become a 'friend of Firefox'. If someone convinces another person to download Firefox, they become a 'friend of Firefox'. ...more

DRAM supply to exceed demand by 7.3%, says Nikkei MA

DRAM supply is set to override demand this year and leave 7.3% of die unsold by year-end, resulting in an accumulation of as much as two months of inventory, according to Nikkei Market Access (MA). The Japanese market research firm predicted that the number of DRAM wafers put into production will increase 16% to 12. ...more