Samsung denies music store moves

The head of Samsung's digital media division has denied that the company plans to launch a music downloads store. Choi Gee-sung claimed that comments he made to the Korea Times earlier this week were misunderstood. 'We are not at all interested in a music service ourselves,' he insisted today. ...more

Intel hands out gongs for innovative design

Intel has held its annual Innovative PC Design Awards designed to recognise innovation in consumer desktops, business desktops and mobile PCs. Using Pentium processors, of course. First awarded in 1999, this year's ceremony was in San Jose at the Intel Developer Forum, Fall 2002, with Acer, IBM and Panasonic among the roll call of winners. ...more

AMD slides in a new Sempron to beef up budget chip range

AMD has quietly introduced a new Sempron 32-bit budget processor - the 3000+, tucked between the top-of-the-range 3100+ and the 2800+. It operates at a frequency of 2.0GHz. ...more

802.11n draft proposal approved

The standards body for the electronics industry, the IEEE, has voted to accept a working draft specification for the emerging 802.11n standard for wireless networking. The unanimous vote accepting a Joint Proposal specification took place during the IEEE's bi-monthly meeting in Kona, Hawaii. ...more

The phone is the PC - Bill Gates

Microsoft has revealed details of its telephone-to-Exchange connection plans, adding 15 new devices and more manufacturers. Microsoft has unveiled its future plans for business unified communications, allowing companies to integrate their existing PABX systems with Office Communications Server 2007 and the Office Communicator client in conjunction with IP phones. But it is not just IP phones - USB phones, wired and wireless headsets, speaker phones, monitors with built-in cameras and microphones are also involved. ...more