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  • News: Xbox Live Marketplace gets exclusive video

    Microsoft yesterday announced TV and movie content for Xbox Live Marketplace. Xbox Live Marketplace is the online repository of downloadable content for Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console. The new Xbox Live content includes exclusive Japanese anime that you can't find on the iTunes Store.

  • News: Apple releases faster, greener MacBook Pro

    Apple has updated its MacBook Pro notebooks with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo processors. Apple MacBook Pro memory has been boosted to 4GB, and high-speed graphics have been added to Apple's notebooks. The new Apple MacBook Pro is available in 15in models with a new mercury-free, power-efficient LED-backlit display and a 17inmodel with an optional high-resolution display.

  • News: Via unleashes ultraportable PC

    Via has developed a reference ultraportable notebook. The Via NanoBook, which will be unveiled tomorrow at the Computex exhibition, uses Via's 1.2GHz C-7M processor and has a 7in LCD (liquid crystal display) touchscreen and Wi-Fi. The Via NanoBook design will hit European markets soon.

  • News: Tom Tom lets drivers make up their own maps

    Satellite navigation company Tom Tom has found a cunning way round the problem of pesky roadbuilders undoing all their hard work mapping the highways and byways of Britain. It has added an editing feature to its latest Tom Tom GPS products. Map Share lets drivers correct outdated mapping information displayed by their digital driving companion.

  • News: European security alert system gets closer

    A pan-European system to notify SMBs (small and medium-size businesses) of IT security threats is a step closer today. Security experts from industry and academia met at a conference in Berlin today to refine plans for the EISAS (European Information Sharing and Alert System) at a conference in Berlin.

  • Scotty Pro solar charger

    With summer on its way, a charger for MP3 players, mobile phones and other gadgets ought to make it into your luggage. Unlike some, the Scotty will charge almost anything – assuming there's enough sun, of course.

  • Corsair Dominator DDR3 RAM module

    Corsair claims the Dominator is the world's fastest engineered DDR3 RAM module, and set about demonstrating as much at this month's Computex tradeshow in Taiwan. Designed for gamers and other speed freaks, these 1GB and 2GB modules run at a clock speed of 2,000MHz and are specifically designed for 64bit computing – high-end gaming and professional graphics territory.

  • News: Intel 'Bearlake' chipsets hit the market

    Motherboards that use Intel's 3-series 'Bearlake' chipsets are everywhere at Computex. This suggests that Intel 'Bearlake' chipsets will soon find their way to shop shelves around the world.

  • News: Microsoft updates web-conferencing service

    Microsoft will today offer more details on Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007, the upcoming version of its hosted web-conferencing offering.

  • News: Acer to launch Ferrari GPS PDA this year

    Acer announced at Computex today that it is to sell a Ferrari PDA (personal digital assistant). The Acer Ferrari Windows Mobile PDA is the latest in Acer's line of Ferrari-branded technology. The Acer Ferrari line includes laptop PCs and a monitor.

  • News: Salesforce.com and Google release joint product

    Salesforce.com and Google today announced a strategic global partnership. Contrary to expectation, Google and Salesforce's first collaboration wasn't a tight integration between Google Apps and Salesforce.com's hosted CRM (customer relationship management) software. Instead, Google and Salesforce brought combined Google AdWords with Salesforce on-demand CRM.

  • News: Asus and Intel to sell £100 laptop

    Asustek Computer and Intel are working a line of laptops priced as low as £100, according to a top Intel executive. "The entry level notebooks… will start at $199 (around £100), street price," said Intel's Sean Maloney today.

  • News: Intel to launch mobile chip for gaming laptops

    Intel will release a mobile version of its Core 2 Extreme chip during the third quarter of this year. The Intel Mobile Core 2 Extreme processor will be launched in high-end gaming notebooks equipped with Nvidia's SLI graphics system.

  • News: First AMD quad-core 'Barcelona' systems unveiled

    The first systems based on AMD's upcoming quad-core Opteron chip, known as Barcelona, are on show at Computex. Detailed specifications of the AMD Barcelona chips and servers on display were not immediately available. The appearance of the AMD Barcelona chips, which are scheduled to ship later this year, suggests they are getting close to market.

  • Opinion: Computex: Tech tricks & taxi tactics

    Taipei is buzzing, with over 130,000 techies descending upon Taiwan's capital for Computex, the world's second largest IT exhibition and my home for the next few days.

  • Opinion: Computex: Tech tricks & taxi tactics

    Taipei is buzzing, with over 130,000 techies descending upon Taiwan's capital for Computex, the world's second largest IT exhibition and my home for the next few days.

  • News: Ask.com tries to take on Google… again

    Ask.com has today been revamped and enhanced in an attempt to attract more people. Ask.com has spent many years in a largely unsuccessful struggle to boost its market share in the face of rivals Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, but hopes its all-new Ask3D three-panel setup might turn the tide.

  • News: SanDisk announces secure, mobile USB drives

    SanDisk yesterday introduced two USB flash drives, Cruzer Professional and Cruzer Enterprise. SanDisk said the new Cruzer drives let businesses of all sizes securely share, retain and safeguard corporate data. At 2.5in long, both SanDisk USB flash drives are password protected and feature 256bit encryption.

  • News: UK press websites prove popular overseas

    The websites of UK media outlets such as the BBC and The Times attract far more visitors from overseas than they do from within Britain and Northern Ireland.

  • News: Yahoo takes on Google with Panama APIs

    Yahoo is to make APIs (application programming interfaces) available for external developers so they can build tools for Yahoo's Panama search-advertising platform.