Alun Williams
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Google chief executive talks privacy and trust
By Alun Williams published
News Google's Eric Schmidt outlines his company's approach to privacy, censorship and user content.
London hailed as wireless world capital
By Alun Williams published
News Exponential growth in number of wireless networks cited as reason why London is "wireless capital of the world", but concerns loom over unsecured networks.
Microsoft highlights critical flaws with patch update
By Alun Williams published
News Microsoft's monthly patch release cycle is upon us again, bringing with it a series of critical patches that prevent malicious code hijacking Windows and Internet Explorer
Bloxx unveils new TVT web filter
By Alun Williams published
News Tru-View Technology beefs up web content filtering for businesses.
Gates and Jobs appear together on stage
By Alun Williams, Simon Aughton published
News Microsoft and Apple leaders share the stage at The Wall Street Journal's D5 Executive Conference.
AMD casts light on Griffin and Puma plans
By Alun Williams published
News AMD reveals details of its next-gen mobile processor, codenamed "Griffin" and part of the "Puma" platform
Acer recalls 27,000 laptop batteries
By Alun Williams published
News More fallout from the Sony battery fiasco as Acer announces a voluntary battery replacement programme, involving TravelMate and Aspire machines sold between May 2004 and November 2006.
Heathrow Express signals launch of in-train Wi-Fi service
By Alun Williams published
News Those heading to or from the airport can now stay connected thanks to a 2 Mbps service provided by Nomad Digital and T-Mobile.
Lenovo tops Greenpeace's environmentally-friendly league
By Alun Williams published
News Lenovo has secured the top spot on Greenpeace's scorecard, while Sony and LG get 'double standard' penalties and Apple lags behind.
Intel invests $2.5 billion in China fab plant
By Alun Williams published
News The chip giant is spending $2.5 billion building Fab 68 in the city of Dalian.
BBC reaches content deal with YouTube
By Alun Williams published
News Three new channels of promotional videos, entertainment and news bulletins lined up for YouTube following BBC deal.
Lenovo recalls 200,000 laptop batteries
By Alun Williams published
News Sanyo-made, extended-life, 9-cell battery packs could potentially overheat and be safety hazard.
Intel prepares new manufacturing fab for 45nm chip
By Alun Williams published
News Chip giant makes $1.5bn investment in New Mexico to refit existing Fab 11X plant, but rival AMD insists it will not be left behind in race to produce 45nm processors.
IBM gets 10 Gigabit Ethernet on blade servers
By Alun Williams published
News Anticipated demand for virtualisation and high performance computing sees 10 Gigabit Ethernet début on IBM blade servers.
AMD cuts down power on new Opteron processors
By Alun Williams published
News New energy-efficient Opteron chips aimed at blade server market.
Vista Launch: The impact of Vista and Office on developers
By Alun Williams published
News Microsoft outlines the likely impact of a new version of Windows on the developer community and on application development.
Intel adds 802.11n support to Centrino
By Alun Williams published
News Intel's Centrino mobile chipset updated with 'Next-Gen Wireless-N' support, while the chip giant also launches a 'Connect with Centrino' programme.
Disk drive companies ally on hybrid drives
By Alun Williams published
News Fujitsu, Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate and Toshiba form alliance to develop hard disk and flash memory hybrid drives.
Tesco checks out first in online grocery shopping
By Alun Williams published
News Tesco's online service does its sums far quicker than rivals, which can take up to half a minute to tot up the items added to a shopping basket, claims research group
Intel completes design of its WiMax Connection 2300 chipset
By Alun Williams published
News Intel's WiMax Connection 2300 chipset nears completion with finished design for mobile WiMax baseband chip
Heathrow Express gets a WiFi HotSpot
By Alun Williams published
News The on-board service will provide 8Mbps broadband for the entire journey, including tunnel sections.
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