Google throws open the doors to Base

Search engine Google has launched the Google Base content hosting service. Through Google Base users can submit details of all types of online and offline content that Google will host and make searchable online. The company says it is part of its continuing efforts to be the searchable repository of all the world's information. ...more

Palm pushes new Treo to Europe

Palm is to bring a new Treo to Europe on the Vodafone network and running Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0. The big selling point, claims Palm, is push email. ...more

New Rapport chip promises pin sharp streaming video on a mobile phone

Californian start up Rapport Inc has demonstrated a new chip that could transform mobile communications. Together with IBM, the company has developed a design that features 1,024 eight-bit processing elements together with a PowerPC core on a single, low-cost chip. It is being previewed at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose. ...more

Dell swings new Axims into play

Dell has rolled out three new additions to its Axim PDA range. The Axim 50 range comprises entry- and mid-level Axim 50 models and the Axim 50v which boasts a larger 3.7in screen supporting full VGA resolution and bundled game, plus greater graphics power in the form of the 16MB Intel 2700 accelerator. ...more

New variants of NetSky and Sober worm their way out of the weekend

The weekend virus haul has netted new NetSky and Sober worms. Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos, told us the company was currently seeing more reports of Sober-F rather than NetSky-S, but this could all change as the rest of the world comes online. 'It's not a massive outbreak,' he said. ...more