NTL plans to double cable broadband speeds

NTL is planning to double or even treble the speed of all its cable broadband users' connections over the next four weeks. Cable Forum has learned that 300Kbps users will be upgraded to 1Mbps, 750Kbps to 2Mbps and 1.5Mbps to 3Mbps The increases will be free, but as some 300Kbps customers may not be prepared to take the 3GB monthly data limit that comes with the new speed, they will have the option of upgrading. ...more

The Pentium 4 Processor is officially launched

Intel has released its first completely new desktop processor design since the Pentium Pro - the Pentium 4 is its newest microprocessor for high-performance PCs. Designed for fast processing of 3D video and audio, it's built on Intel's "NetBurst" micro-architecture. This is the foundation, Intel has stated, that will be powering its 32-bit processors over the next few years. ...more

Toshiba plans to steal DVD's crown

While DVD is poised to usurp the CD as the optical disc of choice, Toshiba is already working on the next generation, able to carry 30Gb a disc. The new technology uses a blue laser with a wavelength of 405nanometres that reads and writes a single layer disc at 35Mbits/sec, three times faster than current DVDs. This results in up to 30Gb of storage per disc (DVDs come in at 4. ...more

Santy.A sparks messageboard infection epidemic

A new virus exploiting popular messageboard software is creating an epidemic of infections according to security experts Kaspersky Labs. Santy.A infects vulnerable versions of the phpBB bulletin board software. ...more

Google adds KML search to Google Earth

Google has added a new search tool to its Google Earth satellite imagery and mapping application. Users can now search the Internet for all the Google Earth layers stored as Keyhole Markup Language (KML) files. KML files are customised sets of data that provide additional information about specific locations - they may include place markers with text descriptions (see image), images, polygons, 3D models and more. ...more