Sun spotlights Project Orion

Sun Microsystems has completed its annual Worldwide Analyst Conference in San Francisco. The major announcement from the two-day event involves 'Project Orion'. Dubbed 'a radical new approach to software design, development, and delivery', Project Orion is the codename for a change in Sun's release of software. ...more

Acer's Ferrari laptop gets new engine

Acer has lined up a new Ferrari laptop on the starting grid - the Ferrari 3400. This new version of Acer's premium notebook is based on the new AMD 64-bit, low-power processor the - the 3000+ Mobile Athlon 64 processor (see AMD tops out low-power mobile 64-bit chip range). As well as support for 802. ...more

BT quietly launches GPRS

BT Cellnet has launched its consumer GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) service with handsets from Motorola. GPRS is the mid-point between GSM phones and the new, high-speed 3G phones due next year. Although GPRS won't allow futuristic applications such as wireless video, it will speed up the mobile Internet and make using text-based systems like Wap a lot faster. ...more

Sony recalls Vaio laptops over electric shock concern

A concern over faulty modems has lead to Sony recalling 18,000 Vaio laptops worldwide. The models involved are reported to be the Vaio FRV25 and FRV27. No machines affected were sold in the UK, however. ...more

Local Councils told to get blogging

Local councils have been told to get blogging. The British government funded local e-Democracy National e-Government Project is encouraging local councils to share more of their thoughts with the voters through weblogs. Blogging, which is experiencing a boom time as more and more people use these online soapboxes for anything from simple diaries of their activities to campaigns to change the world. ...more