Intel to ship mobile gaming 'extreme' processor

Intel has shown that it's by no means bored of courting the gaming community by giving details of a gaming-focused mobile CPU to be delivered in the second half of this year. The new processor, announced ahead of the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing, is based on the existing Merom (Core 2 Duo) part, but it will be 'unlocked' to allow for overclocking. More interestingly, it will also sport Enhanced Dynamic Acceleration technology. ...more

Internet telephony the key to the automated home?

The fledgling Net telephony service Skype has received a boost from one of Europe's biggest electronics companies. Siemens has announced a wireless handset for the service with the aim of becoming a (very) remote control for your heating, lighting and other domestic services. The Skype service is still in its beta form with the commercial launch date still months away. ...more

ATI under financial investigation

ATI, the Canadian-based graphics specialists, is facing investigation by Canadian authorities over the reporting financial results and insider share dealing. It has been announced that the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has filed a Notice of Hearing and Statement of Allegations in relation to ATI. Specifically, matters surrounding the reporting of third quarter results from 2000 are under investigation. ...more

All roads lead to Gladius

Gladius Online is a new Massively Multiplayer Online Game with a difference: it's set in Ancient Rome and it's being developed by Brits. Oh, and it's free. As the online gaming world becomes ever more overpopulated with silly Orc games, it makes a pleasant change to see one rooted in history and brimming with new ideas. ...more

PS3 gets March date for UK launch

Sony said on Thursday it will launch the high-end version of its PlayStation 3 (PS3) game console on 23 March in Europe, but it has no plan at the moment to offer the basic model there. The electronics and entertainment conglomerate last September delayed the European launch of the PS3, Sony's most important strategic product for this business year, to March from November due to a production glitch. 'We will focus on the launch of the one with a 60GB drive and have no plan now to introduce the 20 gigabyte model,' Sony Computer Entertainment spokesman Satoshi Fukuoka said. ...more