Microsoft confident going into the anti-trust home straight

Microsoft halves its list of remaining witness, to defend its case in the long running anti-trust suit. Read the runes as you will - inspecting the twists and turns of the case for a wider significance - Microsoft is putting a confident spin on events. Citing 'progress made so far' as the reason for not calling half of its remaining witnesses. ...more

Hitachi reveals buttonless prototype

Leading Japanese electronics specialist, Hitachi, has developed a prototype information device that is completely buttonless and allows the user to interact with it using motion. The Waterscape device is a rounded, handheld "information terminal" with a colour screen. The unit has a motion sensor, which allows the user to tilt and shake the Waterscape in order to navigate their way through the menus. ...more

Linus Torvalds initiates Linux integrity check

Linus Torvalds has begun an initiative to ensure the provenance of the Linux kernel is clear and transparent to avoid litigation like that currently being brought by SCO. In an email sent to the Kernel Mailing List he has asked for a discussion to implement 'a process to explicitly document not only where a patch comes from .. ...more

3dfx cuts prices for Christmas

If you fancy nabbing yourself a fancy 3D graphics card, now seems to be the right time. 3dfx has slashed the prices across the range of its graphics cards. The Voodoo 5500 has had its price cut by ?50 from ?249 to ?199, while the Apple Mac version of the card is cut to ?229. ...more

Search engines want your phone

The battle to colonise the mobile space for search is hotting up. Both Yahoo! and Google have announced plans to extend their presence in the UK. Following the launch of a similar personalised mobile service in the US at the beginning of the year, Google UK has followed suit and is now offering a number of its existing services through XHTML enabled mobile phones. ...more