60GB hard drive with free video editing

Western Digital has started to sell a 60GB external FireWire hard drive bundled with the video-editing software Ulead VideoStudio. Ulead VideoStudio features include 30 customisable video filters, over 100 adjustable transitions for smooth scene changes, unlimited scrolling titles with shadows and border and video & graphic motion overlays for image or video-on-video effects. The disk is priced $349 (approx. ...more

Dell launches 624MHz Axim handheld

Dell today launched a new Pocket PC PDA at its annual EMEA Product Showcase in Cannes, France, with wireless connectivity and Intel's new PXA270 processor. The Axim X30 features the latest version of Microsoft's OS for handhelds - Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition for Pocket PC - and is available in three configurations. Two of these include both Bluetooth and 802. ...more

GeForce3: first tests

We get our hands on nVIDIA's next-generation card, the GeForce3. Over the past few years nVIDIA has been a key player in the graphics card market, and with the success of its GeForce chipsets, it's taken the market by the throat. So with the release of its next-generation card, the GeForce3, there’s a huge burden on nVIDIA to produce something special. ...more

IBM touts email/messaging for 'deskless' employees

'Deskless' employees who so far have escaped the tyranny of email are to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st Century. IBM has launched a new product Lotus Workplace Messaging, a Web-based system which gives staff who don't need a computer access to company email and messaging. Lotus Workplace Messaging is aimed at factory floor workers, sales staff and others who do not have access to e-mail, yet who might benefit from access to company bulletins and who may need to send or receive the occasional email. ...more

New BT, same old job cuts

The mobile operator mmO2 - formerly known as BT Cellnet and recently spun off from the BT Group - is shedding 1,400 jobs to cut costs. The total represents about one fifth of the mmO2 workforce, and offices at Leeds and Slough are expected to be worst hit. Over 130 of its existing 320 retail outlets will also be closed, with the company announcing its intent 'to focus and develop its resources to drive network quality, further improve customer service and develop the next generation of voice and data services'. ...more