Britney gets wrinkly online

Warner Bros have added an odd slant to the teen sensation by posting a movie of Britney in the year 2032, and it's not pretty. You can view the film here for the gory details. The movie, by Marc Sedaka, shows spinster Spears waiting to sign copies of her new book Oops! I'm still alive and browsing through her CDs in the 'oldies' section of a record store, reminiscing and still clad in her schoolgirl stage costume. ...more

Ford uses banner ads for recall messages

Ford Motors has launched an unprecedented $3.5m online advertising campaign following a pair of recalls on its products. According to the media information company AdRelevance, Ford's advert - which carries the simple message, "For official Ford news on the Firestone recall, click here" - is currently the No 1 banner on the Web. ...more

Intel speeds up chips to 20GHz with tiny transistors

Intel has developed a tiny transistor that will allow processors to reach speeds of 20GHz, the company said this weekend. The new transistors measure only 0.02 microns in size whereas the smallest transistors used in chips today measure 0. ...more

03-03-2001 Essential news of the week

Brought neatly together and presented on a plate, here is a roundup of some of the week's main news stories from the world of IT. JVC puts movies in your pocket Psion takes a dive Samsung unveils 24in LCD monitor Clash of the MP3 player titans IBM releases groundbreaking PowerPC chip Gnutella spoiled by Ferrero Intel puts its eggs in notebooks and servers NVIDIA gear up GeForce3 and Go! New improved online adverts Once more unto the courts, dear Microsoft Don't forget, we welcome your comments. Just click on a story and go for the 'Comments' link on the right-hand side of the screen. ...more

iMac goes widescreen

Apple has unveiled a new top-of-the-range iMac, with a 17 inch widescreen LCD display. The 1440x900 pixel display has the same viewing area as a 19 inch CRT monitor and is powered, for the first time in an iMac, by an nVidia GeForce 4 MX graphics card. The new model is powered by an 800MHz G4 processor and includes a SuperDrive (capable of reading and writing both DVDs and CDs), an 80Gb hard disk and 256Mb RAM. ...more