Gareth Halfacree

Nvidia denies x86 chip plans

Nvidia's CEO Jen-Hsun Huang has denied rumours that his company is looking to challenge Intel's CPU dominance with the launch of its own range of x86 chips.

November 9, 2009 | 10:16

Eee Keyboard delayed

Asus has announced that the Eee Keyboard will now not ship until early next year - although it's using the delay to upgrade the 5" resistive touchscreen to a capacitive model.

November 6, 2009 | 14:09

Nvidia prods Intel with satire site

Graphics specialist Nvidia has launched a satirical cartoon site, which is currently concentrating on lampooning Intel's allegedly anti-competitive actions in the processor market.

November 6, 2009 | 10:07

New York files antitrust suit against Intel

New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has filed a federal antitrust suit against chip maker Intel, claiming that it bribed and threatened OEMS to maintain a monopoly.

November 5, 2009 | 12:45

Apple Atom support lives again

Support for low-power Atom processors - at the heart of many a hackintosh - appears to be back in the latest developer build of Mac OS X 10.6.2 - build 10C525.

November 5, 2009 | 10:09

Google fined £29 million for tax dodge

Google has found itself on the receiving end of a whopping £28.75M tax bill after the Turkish government investigated its operations within the country.

November 4, 2009 | 11:30

VIA announces new Nano chip

VIA has announced a new Nano range - the Nano 3000 series - which it hopes will challenge Intel's dominance of the netbook market, offering improved performance over the Atom.

November 4, 2009 | 11:30

Dutch cracker targets iPhones

A Dutch cracker is running a scam in which he targets jailbroken iPhones using the default SSH password and demands €5 for instructions on securing the device.

November 3, 2009 | 15:31

Mac OS update breaks hackintoshes

The latest developer update for Mac OS X Leopard - 10.6.2 - removes support for Intel's Atom processor, preventing 'hackintosh' netbooks running the OS from booting.

November 3, 2009 | 10:16

Windows loses market share to Mac OS

Despite the launch of Windows 7, figures from market watcher Net Applications show Microsoft's Windows OS losing ground to rival Apple's Mac OS X.

November 2, 2009 | 13:49

P2P drives higher sales

A new survey conducted by Ipsos Mori and commissioned by Demos suggests that file sharers spend more than twice as much on music per year as non-infringing users.

November 2, 2009 | 10:30

EC plans wireless broadband for all

The European Commission has unveiled plans to use the freed up analogue TV spectrum to offer high-speed wireless broadband to all citizens.

October 30, 2009 | 13:52

Mac OS game deletes files

A Space Invaders clone for the Mac deletes a file each time an enemy is killed - but its author claims it is art, rather than malware.

October 30, 2009 | 10:05

Tilera unveils 100-core processor

High-performance computing specialist Tilera has announced the creation of the world's first 100-core processor, aimed at providing a simpler cloud computing platform.

October 29, 2009 | 15:42

Sony recalls 69,000 PSUs

Sony has issued a world-wide product recall for 69,000 Vaio power supplies which have a fault in the insulation leading to short circuits and potential shocks.

October 29, 2009 | 14:02

Intel SSD update bricks drives

An update for Intel's X-25M SSD range - designed to boost performance by up to 40 percent - has caused issues for those running Windows 7.

October 29, 2009 | 10:24

Android 2.0 'Eclair' SDK released

The first release of Android 2.0's SDK - codenamed 'Eclair' - has hit the 'net, and there's some interesting new features for developers to play with.

October 28, 2009 | 10:52

ICO reveals 356 breaches last year

The Information Commissioner's Office has revealed that over 350 individual reports of data loss or theft from private and public sector companies were made last year.

October 27, 2009 | 14:43

Microsoft opening Outlook data format

Microsoft has pledged to make a full specification of the .PST format used by its Outlook e-mail client available for use, free from patent restrictions.

October 27, 2009 | 10:02

FTC 'close' to Intel filing

Recent reports claim that the US Federal Trade Commission is close to filing a complaint alleging the Intel has engaged in anti-competitive practices.

October 26, 2009 | 14:04

Yahoo deletes GeoCities today

Yahoo is today permanently deleting all content on the mid-nineties web publishing service GeoCities, with the loss of around 10 terabytes of data.

October 26, 2009 | 10:26

Psystar launches Mac OS install tool

Psystar has announced the launch of a commercial software package to ease the installation of Mac OS X Snow Leopard on non-Apple hardware.

October 23, 2009 | 15:50

MS offers Win 7 USB installer

Microsoft has, for the first time, released a version of its Windows operating system which can be easily installed from a USB drive - perfect for netbooks.

October 23, 2009 | 10:12