Fujitsu unveils solid state laptops

Fujitsu has unveiled its first laptops to use solid state storage instead of traditional hard disk drives. The pen-enabled Lifebook P1610 and LifeBook B6210 ultra-portable notebooks will be offered to customers with an option to ditch normal hard disks for flash-based drives. As we have reported, memory firms < SanDisk and Super Talent have announced replacements for hard drives using Nand memory. ...more

Computer Buyer readers say after-sales service sucks

A poll on the Computer Buyer Web site asked whether people would be prepared to pay extra for a PC with guaranteed high-quality after-sales service. It revealed some interesting results. Of the 186 participants, just over 50 per cent begrudgingly agreed they would, although many felt that they were already paying for after-sales service - they simply weren't getting any. ...more

AMD applies Alchemy to WLAN chipsets

WLAN equipment powered by AMD WLAN chipsets are expected to hit the market next month. According to sources, Taiwan-based Z-Com and Ambit Microsystems have started developing network interface cards (NICs) using AMD's Alchemy Solutions Am1772 chipsets. AMD announced sampling of the two-chip 802. ...more

Apple re-releases the recent security update for Mac OS X Server

Apple has re-released the recent security update for Mac OS X Server, having withdrawn it last week. The update includes the following components: AFP Server, Bluetooth Setup Assistant, CoreFoundation, Cyrus IMAP, Cyrus SASL, Folder permissions, Mailman, Safari, Samba, SquirrelMail. For details of the vulnerabilities addressed go to www. ...more

Motorola claims display breakthrough

Motorola has unveiled a new video technology, which, it claims, will enable the manufacturing of large, flat panel displays with superior quality, longer lifetimes and lower costs than current offerings. The company's research arm has demonstrated a 5in colour working prototype based on its proprietary Carbon Nanotube (CNT) technology. Carbon nanotubes are extremely thin (one nanometer in diameter, about 10,000 times smaller than that of a human hair), hollow cylinders made of carbon atoms. ...more