Borland's App Server updated for JDK 1.4.1

Borland Enterprise Server is a deployment system - to use Borland's terms - aimed at large-scale, business-critical systems. It provides a platform for managing a range of business applications and Web Services. Features new to version 5. ...more

Microsoft tries out beta speech

Microsoft has updated its .Net Speech family of products. In a bid to make speech technology more mainstream, Microsoft has announced a new speech software SDK (software development kit), a Joint Development Program for larger businesses implanting speech-based applications and a technical preview of its . ...more

Google does the Writely thing

Google has added yet another online service to its ever expanding portfolio with the acquisition of Upstartle, a small company that owns Writely.com. Writely is one of a new breed of websites that provide functionality that had traditionally been the domain of desktop applications. ...more

Docklands Linx claims new world record

East London's London Internet Exchange (Linx)now has more throughput than the largest exchanges in either the US or Japan, making it the world's biggest. The facility, which hosts and peers Britain's internet traffic is now claiming throughput of 40Gb of data per second at peak times with its eight routing suites handling total traffic of 55Gbit per second. The 55Gb per second number comes from the 40 gigabits being passed on the Linx exchange and some 15 gigabits that is being shunted around the exchange through private peering connections. ...more

UK public gives support to e-voting - survey

Almost half of British voters would be more likely to participate if offered electronic voting methods, according to survey by YouGov. According to the poll, which was commissioned by telco ntl:Telewest Business, 46 per cent of the 2,287 adults surveyed said they would give their support to electronic voting and would be more likely to vote because of it. Younger voters are even more supportive of such voting technology, with 57 per cent of 18- to 34-year-olds saying it would make them more likely to vote. ...more