Sony launches new CD camera

The latest two models in the Sony Mavica range of digital still cameras will feature a CD-R/RW drive. The MVC-CD300 is a 3.3 megapixel camera while the MVC-CD200 boasts a of 2. ...more

EC issues mobile emissions standard to decrease safety

The European Commission has set strict limits on the level of electromagnetic emissions from GSM mobile phones sold in Europe. The standard, EN 50360, builds on the 1999 EC directive for Radio and Telecommunication Terminal Equipment, by measuring the absorption rate for human exposure to these magnetic fields. Mobile manufacturers are assisting by giving their products Specific Absorption Rates (SAR). ...more

AMD trumpets Torrenza partners

Sun, Cray, Fujitsu Siemens, HP, Dell and IBM have lined up behind AMD's Torrenza Initiative, which allows third-parties to share silicon with AMD server processors. Described by AMD as a 'game-changing approach to server design', it allows such OEMs to plug-in co-processors into the AMD64 ecosystem using HyperTransport technology. They will standardize designs on the 'Torrenza Innovation Socket'. ...more

3 pricing revealed

Hutchison 3G reveals pricing packages ahead of March launch. The UK's first 3G service, Hutchison 3G's 3, has outlined pricing structures for three call packages and introduced a range of incentives to get punters to pre-order. Call packages are priced on an 'event-basis', per video, picture or text message and per download, as opposed to per byte. ...more

Nvidia releases long awaited 7800 GTX graphics chip

Graphics specialist Nvidia has announced the availability of the eagerly awaited GeForce 7800 GTX GPU (graphics processing unit). Built on a 0.11-micron process and using PCI Express graphics bus technology, the core runs at 430MHz alongside 256Mb of 1. ...more