Dell to build Opteron-based servers?

Is Dell about to break its long-established exclusive link with Intel and take on board AMD processors? The latest speculation on this long-running topic comes courtesy of the financial investment website Motley Fool - AMD and Dell at Last?. It quotes a research Susquehanna Financial Group analyst Tai Nguyen, which says that Dell is designing two new dual-processor machines based upon AMD's Opteron server processor. AMD has long been pushing for a piece of the action with one of the world's leading PC builders. ...more

Microsoft primes its ODF translator

Microsoft has announced version one of its ODF translator to support the Open Document Format within its Office environment. Microsoft stumped up the cash for the translator, although Clever Age, DIaLOGIKa and Aztecsoft developed and tested the add-in. The translator is available under a BSD-like licence from Clever Age, meaning it is open-source with a liberal licence. ...more

Apple unveils the pencil-thin iPod nano

Apple has unveiled the iPod nano, a flash memory music player that weighs 42g and is just 6.9mm thick. That makes it thinner than a pencil. ...more

Online poker loses its lustre

Online poker, the latest dot.com boom, is booming no more. PartyGaming, whose Party Poker website handles half of the world's online games, lost a third of its stock market value of $6bn yesterday after it revealed that growth had virtually come to a halt. ...more

New Microsoft drivers and security updates for Macs

Microsoft has released OS X drivers for its range of keyboards, mice and trackballs and has updated a number of its software applications for both OS X and the Classic OS. OS X drivers OS X drivers are now available for all Microsoft's Mac-compatible keyboards and mice and trackpads. Application updates Office v. ...more