Archive video: Telstar is launched
Telstar, the world's first telecommunications satellite, launched 50 years ago this week.
Stories by Martyn Williams.
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Archive video: Telstar beams Kennedy news conference
Telstar, the world's first telecommunications satellite, launched 50 years ago this week and one of the first things it carried was a news conference by US President Kennedy.
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PC World tests Siri vs Android
PC World puts Apple's Siri and Google's voice search to the test, with surprising results
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PC World tests Siri vs Android
PC World puts Apple's Siri and Google's voice search to the test, with surprising results
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Memory cards get smaller, faster and cheaper
In the world of computer memory cards smaller, faster and higher capacity is good. Smaller cards mean smaller gadgets, faster cards mean less time spent waiting and higher capacity cards mean less are needed to hold a day's music or a week's photo memories. Through a series of developments announced over the last week card manufacturers have delivered all three and, as a piéce de résistance, are also cutting prices.
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Intel to launch Pentium M in six speeds
Intel will launch a major foray into the notebook computer market this week with the launch of six new processors under the name Pentium M.
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Computer trouble grounds all Japan flights
A software bug in a program running in an air traffic control computer grounded all flights across Japan last Saturday morning.
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Samsung develops thinner notebook optical drive
Samsung Electronics has developed an optical disc drive for notebook computers that is 25 per cent thinner than existing drives, and also lighter and more efficient, according to the company.
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Consortium set to begin Blu-ray Disc licensing
The nine companies behind the Blu-ray Disc format have begun licensing the advanced optical disk technology to third party manufacturers.
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Samsung to take five per cent stake in Symbian
Samsung Electronics is taking a 5 per cent stake in smart phone operating system software developer Symbian.
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Toshiba reports flash memory deal
Toshiba has announced it plans to begin selling flash memory chips based on M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers' flash memory capacity-doubling technology.
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Intel puts StrongArm on death row
Intel has told developers that its SA-1110 StrongArm processor will not be available for much longer.
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Fujitsu pulling out of low-end LCD production
Fujitsu Display Technologies is getting out of the increasingly competitive commodity LCD (liquid crystal display) panel business to focus on high-end panels.
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EBay yanks Space Shuttle debris auctions
Internet auction site eBay has acted to prevent people trying to auction purported debris from the space shuttle Columbia which was destroyed in an accident on Saturday (US and Japanese time).
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PlayStation 2 production hits 50 million
Production of Sony Computer Entertainment's (SCEI) PlayStation 2 games console has passed the 50 million unit mark.
