Gareth Halfacree

Acer: Android not suitable for netbooks

Acer has confirmed that, despite product testing being ongoing, Google's Android platform isn't yet suitable for netbook devices.

April 9, 2009 | 13:59

Apple sued over multitouch

Apple has been targeted by chip design firm Elan Microelectronics for allegedly violating a patent on multitouch technologies with the iPhone and iPod Touch ranges.

April 9, 2009 | 10:07

Intel launches new rating system

Intel has launched a new series of processor logos alongside a five-star rating system designed to help end users compare different chips.

April 8, 2009 | 10:07

OpenMoko leaves smartphone market

OpenMoko has announced that it is postponing plans for a follow-up to its ambitious open source smartphone to concentrate on the secretive "Project B."

April 7, 2009 | 13:28

Spammers ramp up for Easter

Spammers are increasing their efforts as Easter approaches, with the percentage of messages rated as spam the highest since McColo was shut down.

April 7, 2009 | 10:01

Zero-day PowerPoint vuln confirmed

Microsoft has confirmed a zero-day vulnerability in its PowerPoint application that can allow remote code execution when an affected file is opened.

April 6, 2009 | 14:38

Rumour: Google to buy Twitter

Rumours are flying that Google - fresh from the demise of its own micro-blogging service, Jaiku - is in talks to buy Twitter for upwards of $1 billion.

April 6, 2009 | 09:52

Acer to launch new Aspire Ones

Acer is continuing to embrace the netbook form factor with some new Aspire One models - including an interesting 11.6" version with 1366x768 resolution.

April 3, 2009 | 14:12

Microsoft announces DRM deal

Microsoft has announced a deal with PacketVideo that will see PlayReady DRM bundled with mobile devices running Android, Linux, and Symbian.

April 3, 2009 | 10:00

2009 - the year of the netbook?

Research organisation DisplaySearch is predicting that netbook sales will grow a massive 65 percent this year - but claims the bubble will burst as the economy recovers.

April 2, 2009 | 14:01

Super Talent to launch SSD RAID card

Super Talent has pre-announced a range of SSD-based RAID cards which add up to 2GB of storage with 1.2GB/s throughput to any PCIe 8x slot.

April 2, 2009 | 10:17

Corsair launches flash backup cradle

Corsair has announced the Voyager Port, a USB cradle which turns flash drives into single-button backup storage devices.

April 1, 2009 | 15:05

Intel claims new Xeon is 'revolutionary'

Intel's latest addition to the server-oriented Xeon stable - the X5500 series - is based on the Nehalem architecture, and the company is calling it 'revolutionary'.

April 1, 2009 | 12:33

Western Digital buys SSD entry

Western Digital has bought SSD specialist SiliconSystems for $65 million in order to enter the growing market for low-power solid state storage in netbooks.

March 31, 2009 | 13:43

Nvidia adds 3D tech to virtualisation

Nvidia has announced a new technology for its high-end Quadro FX cards dubbed SLI Multi-OS, which allows virtualised operating systems to access the hardware directly.

March 31, 2009 | 10:05

Hagiwara shrinks SSD tech to 1"

Hagiwara SSD has announced a new range of tiny 1" SSD drives which use caching and wear-levelling technologies originally developed for 2.5" units.

March 30, 2009 | 16:02

New Asus netbook includes optical drive

Asus' latest netbook, the Eee PC 1004DN, aims squarely for the ultraportable notebook market with an in-built DVD±RW drive.

March 30, 2009 | 12:32

Google culls another 200 jobs

Google has announced a further 200 job losses in its sales and marketing divisions as the credit crunch bites, blaming sudden growth for duplicated roles.

March 27, 2009 | 12:22

Pirate Bay to launch VPN service

Notorious BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay is set to launch a virtual private network service next week which will offer completely anonymous data transit.

March 27, 2009 | 10:14

Worm targets Linux routers

A new worm has been uncovered which targets routers based on the Linux operating system and makes them part of an IRC controlled botnet.

March 26, 2009 | 12:45

The LEGO 3D scanner

LEGO enthusiast Philo Hurbain has created an automated 3D scanner out of Technics parts, which allows for modelling of small, intricate parts.

March 26, 2009 | 10:01

MS sued over Windows Update tech

Microsoft has been sued for patent infringement by Israel-based software house BackWeb Technologies over functionality in Windows Update.

March 25, 2009 | 14:12

Office 14 to have 64-bit option

Microsoft Office 14 is due to ship in both 32-bit and 64-bit editions, according to a code snipped discovered in the 32-bit beta release by tester Ed Bott.

March 25, 2009 | 10:01