Misc. news from around the web

Fossil puts back Palm Wrist PDA launch to 2004 - The watch, which crams Palm OS 4.1, 33MHz Dragonball VZ, 4MB of memory, a stylus, IR port and USB adaptor into a case not unreminiscent of Casio digital watches circa 1982, was due to ship in the US 30 June.

Later this week, Kazaa parent Sharman Networks and Altnet will jointly release a new bundle of file-swapping software that will include components of a new high-security peer-to-peer network and a program that will pay users to be a part of it.

Apple Computer on Monday cut the price of its 12-inch and 15-inch PowerBooks in a push to make notebook computers a larger part of its business.

AMD will power Japanese's fastest supercomputer packed with a total of 512 Opteron processors.

Although a bit off-topic, it's still The Matrix... I finally saw the movie last week on the first day of opening here in Ecuador, really good movie... Keanu Reeves has shown his generosity by giving away £50 million of his earnings from the Matrix sequels to the unsung heroes of the sci-fi blockbusters - the costume and special effects teams.