Category: Computers
Sony's VAIO VGC-RA304 home media server
To the casual observer, Sony's VAIO VGC-RA304 might look like any ordinary home PC. However, underneath the unassuming façade lurks a much more original and interesting machine, which combines the power of a top-spec gaming machine with a home entertainment…
New Apple Store opens in Birmingham
Apple's next venture in the UK is a new store is located in Birmingham's Bullring shopping centre on the third floor, which is set to open at 6pm on Friday, the 29th of April. Mac geeks might notice that this…
Alienware: Star Wars edition systems
Alienware, creators of every gamer's dream PC has unveiled details of two new corporately sponsored designs. Yes, looks like George Lucas has managed to turn the respectable chaps at Alienware to the dark side of marketing as we look forward…
Opera 8.0 released
Opera, the company so beloved of geeks and mobile phone junkies, has released the full version of its 8.0 web browser. The beta version has apparently been very successful, getting nearly one million downloads. So now that the full thing's…
Seagate 120GB notebook drive
Disc drive manufacturer Seagate has revealed the next step in improving the capacity of notebook systems. Acknowledging that everyone wants the size and portability of a notebook machine without sacrificing the power of a desktop, Seagate has expanded its range…
Sony T2-series Laptops
Sony unleashes its new series of elegant "mobile office and personal entertainment systems" in a stylish silver design. Powered by the new Pentium-M Ultra Low Voltage (ULV), the 1.2Ghz processor is now capable of up to 7 hours run time….
microsoft turn off SP2 blocking
Making good on their promise, microsoft have turned off Service Pack 2 blocking on Windows. While you could choose not to download it before, the only way to do so now would be to turn off automatic updates, which would…
Apple announce release of Tiger OS
Apple has just announced their latest operating system goes on sale on the 29th of April. Dubbed Tiger, this 10.4 build of Mac's OS will feature support for 64-bit computing, as well as improved security. Tiger will cost users £89…
Wigobyte releases combined USB flash drive and emergency mobile battery
In a neat little bit of digital convergence, Korean company Wigobyte has started offering a new spin on the old USB flash drive theme. The new Mvolt-200 USB thumb-drive is at once a neat little flash drive, ranging from…
Fibre optic links to be built into processors
Small, San Francisco based company Luxtera has announced that it has beaten Intel to the punch in the development of a 10Gbps fibre optic link to be built directly into processors. Although information is scarce, and although this technology wouldn't…