Is iPicture the next iTool?

Apple is working on a photo-editing solution aimed at home users. The application, which is likely to be called iPicture, will be launched before the end of May, according to sources close to Apple. On 20 March, Apple registered iPicture as a trademark in the US, described in the trademark application as "Internet-based services; on-line applications; storing, enhancing, distributing and manipulating data". ...more

Heathrow Express becomes a Wi-Fi HotSpot

Heathrow Express has opened its Wi-Fi HotSpot service for business. The official launch at Paddington today marked the completion of the project between Heathrow Express, T-Mobile and Nomad, a UK company specialising in data links to trains. How much surfing can you do in a journey that is only scheduled to last 15 minutes? That's not the point, said Brian Raven MD of Heathrow Express, for the high-powered customers who frequent the train 'every second counts' he insisted. ...more

Play games for money

So you think you are a pretty cool computer games player and you want to be a professional gamer, trading frags for money... ...more

Intel consigns Rambus to top-end PCs

Intel is ditching Rambus for standard PCs, instead saving it only for performance machines. The technology, which speeds up the connection between Intel's processors and the main memory, has been unpopular with PC manufacturers because of the high price of Rambus-compatible chips. The associated memory, Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory (RDRAM), similarly costs more than the next fastest standard SDRAM. ...more

The latest Palm hits the shelves

There are more handheld devices and gadgets than you can shake a stick at these days, but here's one for the most jaundiced of gizmonauts. It's the PaperPalm. Yes, the old technology is the best. ...more