Alert: Chancellor extends tax relief on IT investment another year

In his budget speech this afternoon, Chancellor Gordon Brown has extended tax relief on IT investment. In his speech Brown said `A total of more than 3 million businesses will now also qualify for 100 per cent allowances for investment in I.T. ...more

Sony fixes up Vaios with DVD/CD-RW drives

The notebook wars are hotting up now that Sony has added a DVD-Rom/CD-RW drive to its Vaio range. Four new models will come with the drives: the PCG-FX190, PCG-FX190K, PCG-FX170 and PCG-FX170K. The FX190 models will have an 850MHz Speedstep PIII processor and 30Gb hard drive while the FX170 models will have a 800MHz PIII with a 20Gb hard drive. ...more

Intel found guilty of anticompetitive behaviour in Japan

Intel has been found in violation of anti-trust legislation by Japan's Fair Trade Commission (JFTC). The move follows an investigation that sought to prove the company had tried to limit the sales of rival processors from companies such as AMD, VIA and Transmeta. The allegations stemmed from 1999. ...more

DoCoMo offers 3G Compact Flash card

NTT DoCoMo has announced it will offer a Compact Flash card that contains a 3G radio, giving access to the company's third-generation FOMA service to handheld and desktop computers. The card - P2402 - will enable videophone and other wireless data services offered on FOMA at speeds of up to 384Kbits/sec downstream and 64Kbits/sec upstream. It will allow connections to other FOMA handsets and ISDN fixed-line videophones. ...more

EU sets 2012 date for digital TV

EU ministers have a set a Europe-wide date for the switch from analogue to digital TV broadcasts, and it is 2012. This suits the UK (and we currently hold the EU Presidency) as our own government-set date for switching has drifted from the original 2010 to 2012. A European Commission spokesman said that 10 of the 25 member states expect to go digital by 2010 but five have made no indication of whether they will make the change by 2012, reports Reuters,. ...more