Dual core Opteron 'gets 30 and 55 per cent' performance boost

AMD has released the first performance figures for its forthcoming dual core Opteron processor. At a speech at the Fall Processor Forum, the company's Manager of the Opteron architecture, Kevin McGrath says that the company was seeing an increase of between 30 and 55 per cent over existing models. In addition, McGrath promised that the new generation of dual core Opterons would be the same size and generate no more waste heat than today's versions of the chip which means that manufacturers will be able to slot the processor into existing designs. ...more

BT Broadband dips below ?20

BT has launched a 'no-frills' wires-only 512K broadband service which will cost just ?19.99 a month. However, 'BT Broadband Basic' customers will still have to pay a ?30 connection fee and buy a ?50 modem both of which are currently free to customers of the existing BT Broadband and BT Yahoo! Broadband services. ...more

PalmSource chief resigns

PalmSource has announced that David Nagel has resigned as president and CEO of the company, which makes the PalmOS operating system for PDAs and smartphones. Nagel will be succeeded by Patrick McVeigh, in an interim role, while the board searched for a permanent successor. Like a number of his erstwhile colleagues, Nagel joined Palm from Apple, where he worked on the now-defunct Newton handheld. ...more

Phishers turn malicious

Phishers are becoming more sophisticated in their attacks. The new techniques no longer require users to enter their own information but instead use keyboard loggers to acquire personal data. The latest report from the AntiPhishing Working Group says that there have been in the past few months a steep rise in incidents where code is designed to log keystrokes when a connection is made to a target website. ...more

NEC unveils the Versa M500 Centrino notebook

NEC has announced new value Centrino machines aimed at the business user. Running on the low-end 1.4GHz Pentium M processor (the 1. ...more