Nvidia has confirmed that its already much-maligned Fermi GPU based graphics cards won't be seeing the light of day in 2009.

Will AMD blow its lead again in graphics? An analysis of the current state of play in the race for processor and graphics superiority

Intel and Numonyx have announced a research milestone in the development of stackable, cross-point phase change memory (PCM) technology, which could fundamentally alter the non-volatile memory market in years to come.

Mark Shuttleworth, the founding angel and CEO of Canonical, which distributes Ubuntu Linux, has praised Microsoft's newly released Windows 7.

Dell has announced its first rugged laptop with a multitouch display. Designed to meet military standards, this is the laptop for you if you like to tangle with nature.

Intel's legal eagles are suing AMD in America as part of its defence in an antitrust case it has already lost in Europe.

Microsoft has confirmed that its free security software will be available only to users running legitimate copies of Windows.

Boffins engaged in fusion energy research are creating extremely thin plasma beams that could be useful for nanolithography to make future computer chips.

A GeForce CPU in your music player? It seems that Nvidia's Tegra chip give Microsoft's Zune - and around 50 other devices - some interesting gaming potential.

Intel's new Core i7 and i5 CPU chipset will be SLI-compatible - just the shot in the arm Nvidia needs in its battle with ATI?

Google's mobile phone operating system called Android has come to the PC in a LiveCD version. Download the file, burn to CD, and you've got a bootable OS you can try without installing

Virtualisation outfit Parallels is making a virtualisation tool that will let users continue to run Windows XP applications on Windows 7 systems. The software will compete directly with the Vole's own Windows XP Mode.

AMD celebrated its Opteron chip's sixth birthday in a fitting way by accelerating the six-core Istanbul release to June, and by announcing the 12-core total of two Istanbul dies in one Magny-Cours package to come out half a year later.

THE FUTURE OF Wii Fit-style interactive games that deliver real exercise is hotting up, promising a new generation of trully immersive, precise-response consoles using nanosensors - thousands of them embodied in your gamesuit.

Yet another leak has sprung regarding Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 release, this time with the firm's partner programme web site noting the release candidate will be good to go before May 5th, just two weeks from now.

The credit crunch has put Bill Gates back on the top of the Forbes rich-list as the number of billionaires on the planet falls by almost a third.

Movie industry boffins have come up with another weapon in the war against people who sneak video cameras into cinemas and make crappy copies of blockbuster movies to sell at car boot sales.

Microsoft is experimenting using tiddly netbooks to run data centres.

Aiming to cash in on an upcoming wave of 3D Hollywood blockbusters, NEC says it will roll out its digital projectors in cinemas overseas

Hewlett Packard has said that at least three versions of the upcoming Windows 7 will be crowbarred into future models of its Mini netbooks.