Intel champions virtualised home media server

Intel is flagging its virtual processor Vanderpool technology again, releasing a preliminary Vanderpool Technology External Architecture Specifications (EAS) and urging industry-wide collaboration. This virtualisation - with multiple applications or operating systems running in independent partitions - allows one physical computer to serve as multiple 'virtual' systems. As well as enabling the more flexible switching of processor resources, depending on different task requirements, it could also provide a basis for improved security and reliability. ...more

Gluacoma risk linked to heavy computer usage

Researchers at a Japanese university have produced the first reliable evidence of a link between heavy computer usage and the onset of the eye disease, glaucoma, in shortsighted people. The Toho University School of Medicine found that 'intensive' computer users who are already shortsighted are 87 per cent more likely to develop the disease, which ultimately can lead to blindness. The researchers suggested that the optic nerve in myopic people may be more susceptible to damage and that this is exacerbated by computer usage. ...more

W3C puts another piece of Jigsaw in place

The Web standards W3C has updated Jigsaw, its reference Web server platform. New to version 2.2. ...more

HP philanthropist bows out

The co-founder of Hewlett-Packard - William R. Hewlett - has died, aged 87. Along with David Packard, who died in 1996, Hewlett launched into the world of electrical equipment, back in 1 January 1939. ...more

Have GPRS will travel

Vodafone announces that it is the first mobile operator to offer commercial GPRS roaming across Europe. For Vodafone UK customers, the service will launch 2 April 2002. 'Our travelling customers will now be able to access their data services as easily as they do at home,' said Thomas Geitner, Chief Executive of Vodafone's Global Products and Services. ...more