AMD makes processor price cuts

AMD follows in Intel's footsteps, slashing desktop and mobile processor prices. Cuts of up to 31 per cent are to be seen in the desktop Athlon XP range. For laptop processors, AMD's desktop replacement, the mobile Athlon XP, sees cuts of up to 41 per cent, and the standard mobile Athlon sees some models almost halved in price (its low-end Mobile Athlon XP 1400+). ...more

Sharp shrinks LAN kit

Sharp has unveiled what it says is the world's smallest and least power hungry LAN module. The DC2J1DZ115 is just 10 x 10 x 1.6mm and draws a mere 0. ...more

BT rumoured to be eyeing PlusNet with takeover view

PlusNet has declined to comment on a report that it is in talks about the possibility of a takeover by BT Retail. The Independent claimed yesterday that the Sheffield-based ISP may become the subject of a bidding war after 'industry sources' indicated that BT may put in a bid for the company. BT Retail also declined to comment. ...more

Microsoft prohibits Parallels installation of Vista Home edition

Parallels has warned that anyone hoping to run Vista using its Desktop virtualisation software will only be able to do so with the more expensive Business and Ultimate editions of the new Microsoft operating system. Reading Microsoft's new End User Licensing Agreement (EULA), Parallels discovered that it expressly prohibits running the Home Basic and Home Premium editions of Vista in a virtual machine. Under a section headed 'Use with virtualization technologies' the EULA states: 'You may not use the software installed on the licensed device within a virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware system. ...more

Tape deck puts cassettes in PC

Cassette tapes may be the forgotten media, but a Korean company hopes to change that with its PlusDEck tape drive for PCs. Fitting in a standard drive bay, PlusDeck allows you to play cassettes through your PC and to digitise the content as .av or . ...more