Nvidia unveils nForce3 Pro chipset for Opteron-based workstations

Nvidia has introduced its first integrated chipset, the nForce3 Professional (nForce3 Pro), for workstations based on the newly-launched Opteron processors from AMD. Adopting Nvidia??s Quadro workstation graphics solutions, the new nForce3 Pro supports AGP 8x graphics technology, Nvidia??s Enterprise-Class Networking standard and USB 2.0. ...more

Yahoo! email acquisition aims to keep Google in view

Internet portal Yahoo! has bought out the privately held email enhancement company Stata Labs. Stata Labs previously sold two products Bloomba and SAproxy Pro which have now been withdrawn from sale. Saproxy was an anti-spam product whilst Bloomba was an email management system which allows users to search and organise mail and save searches as views. ...more

Nvidia introduces 'standard' graphics connector for PCI notebooks

Graphics developer NVidia has agreed a 'standard' graphics interface for the forthcoming next generation of PCI enabled notebooks. The new standard to be known as Mobile PCI Express Module (MXM) will enable notebook manufacturers to design a single motherboard and drop in a graphics solution from any manufacturer without having to redesign for every different GPU. The specification was developed by Nvidia and a number of notebook developers. ...more

EC charges towards powerline Internet access

To help develop the next generation of powerline technology - using national electricity grids to carry broadband access - the European Commission is spending €9.6 million. The Open PLC European Research Alliance (Opera) will use the funding to rollout and to test how well the low-cost internet access works for high data rate applications such as telephony and video-on-demand. ...more

BT inks deals for 21CN

Following on from a ?12bn investment in February, BT has announced further progress with its '21st Century Network' (21CN), which it describes as its 'next generation network transformation programme'. BT has concluded negotiations and signed contracts with the remaining four preferred suppliers for the 21CN. Contracts have been signed with Alcatel, Cisco, Ericsson and Fujitsu, following on from Ciena, Huawei, Lucent and Siemens, with whom contracts were signed at the end of last year. ...more