P4 reaches 2.2Ghz

Intel has released its first Pentium 4 processor using its 0.13micron fabrication process, clocked at 2.2Ghz. ...more

Google and Apple working together on a number of projects

Google and Apple are collaborating on a number of new initiatives, according to the search giant's CEO Eric Schmidt. Schmidt told a technology conference that the two companies are doing 'more and more things together'. 'We have similar goals, similar competitors,' he said, in an thinly concealed reference to Microsoft. ...more

YouTube heading for mobile phones, says Chen

YouTube will be running on mobile phones by next year, according to one of the company's co-founders. Steve Chen, who is YouTube's chief technology officer, was outlining his plans for the service at a 'Web 2.0' summit in Taipei, Taiwan. ...more

A joint standard for next-generation Wi-Fi in sight

The two groups bidding to have their specification accepted as the next-generation Wi-Fi standard have finally put their differences aside and agreed a joint standard for IEEE 802.11n. Forty companies voted unanimously to back the Enhanced Wireless Consortium (EWC) specification, which will raise the maximum wireless speed for wireless networking to 600Mbps, 11 times the top speed currently provided by 802. ...more

Ask Jeeves serves up celebrity biogs

Ask Jeeves has unveiled a new 'famous people' service to its search. People searching for details on a famous person are now presented with a human written quick biography of the person concerned provided by who2.com. ...more