David Essex

The Pentium 4, unveiled this week, is Intel's first new microarchitecture since 1995 when the current x86 architecture made its debut in the Pentium Pro. This new generation is designed to provide blazing speed, especially in handling multimedia content.

Intel releases its long awaited Pentium 4 today to a surprise: PC WorldBench tests suggest you'll be initially served every bit as well, if not better, by older Pentium IIIs and Advanced Micro Devices Athlons.

Digital Wallet is a 6GB portable hard drive that connects to the Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports of PCs and Macintoshes.