Intel digs deep for multimillion dollar chip push

Intel is gearing up the marketing spend for its next-generation Centrino platform, codenamed 'Napa', its foray into dual-core notebook processing. Intel is preparing to put up to $300 million into the promotion of the dual-core platform, reports Digitimes, citing sources in the Taiwan notebook industry. It would match Intel's initial big push for Centrino, back in 2003 - Intel spreads the Centrino message . ...more

PC World revisits child online safety

PC World has updated its 'Safe Surfing' campaign for online child safety. In conjunction with Parents Online - a Department of Education programme - the store has commissioned new research on the security of youthful Internet browsing. The figures presented by NEMS market research show that 40 per cent of parents never supervise their children when online and 38 per cent take no action - in terms of software or the configuration of a PC - to provide automated protection. ...more

Free Software Foundation launches anti-Vista campaign

The Free Software Foundation (FSF)has launched a campaign against Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, claiming it is an incursion on users' freedoms. The FSF backs the use of Free Software, which does not impose restrictions on the way software is used, and says Vista is culpable of 'daylight theft of computer users' rights'. It also criticises the Trusted Computing platform, aimed at building security into the hardware as well as software. ...more

Dark fibre looms over KPNQwest deadline

The fate of KPNQwest - the pan-European data communications company and the largest carrier of IP traffic in Europe - goes to the wire. Trustees of the company, which has filed for bankruptcy, have set a deadline for tonight for clients to settle outstanding bills. KPNQwest is desperate for revenue following the withdrawal of funding by the Dutch telco KPN, which along with Qwest created the troubled company. ...more

Carphone Warehouse to buy AOL UK Net business

Carphone Warehouse has announced that it is to acquire AOL's UK Internet access business for ?370 million. Under the agreement, Carphone Warehouse will acquire AOL's Internet access customer base in the UK as well as the supporting management and infrastructure. AOL will continue to provide its portal - co-branded with Carphone Warehouse - and will manage the online advertising sales through a revenue-sharing agreement. ...more