Printer cartridge firm takes on Elonex services and warranty

UK PC builder Elonex has been sold to a printer cartridge firm based in Newcastle. Applied Film Industries Company Plc (Afic) has bought the Elonex Plc business and has promised to look after existing warranties for Elonex customers. No details are available as to how much Afic paid for Elonex, thought to have had an annual turnover of nearly ?40m. ...more

Microsoft, IBM back AMD64

'The future is 64-bit computing', claimed AMD founder and chairman, Jerry Sanders. And with that pronouncement, his company's new CPU strategy was born. Gone are x86-64 and the codenames based around blunt instruments (Clawhammer/Sledgehammer). ...more

Hybrid notebook and printer launched

Matsushita is to combine the humble inkjet printer with the notebook computer. The new Pronote 110P sees the convergence of two already familiar technologies. The unit is based upon a 550Mhz Intel Celeron processor and the printer chassis is based upon the module used in the Canon BJC-50v inkjet printer. ...more

Nokia plans to steal back market with snazzy new phones

Mobile phone maker Nokia was in a bullish mood at its annual Nokia Connection conference today. The Finnish company unveiled five new phones and made some rosy predictions for the market over the rest of the year. Nokia's Executive Vice President Matti Alahuhta told the conference, `For 2004, Nokia sees the global mobile device market volume reaching approximately 600 million units, of which about one-third will be camera phones. ...more

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