New bug-fixed version of Firefox released

The open source consortium Mozilla has released a new version of its popular Firefox browser this week. Version 1.0. ...more

Sony joins forces with Vodafone

Vodafone has announced that that it's forged an alliance with Sony that sees both companies moving into mobile phone games. The news comes as no surprise after it was announced that Sony has signed a deal with NTT DoCoMo to provide games over the i-mode service. The companies have said that they would research how they could get the PlayStation experience into the mobile phone environment. ...more

Flash in your pocket

Macromedia has announced it has reached an agreement to release a Flash 5 player for handheld devices based on Microsoft's Pocket PC platform. According to the software corporation, PocketPC got the vote because of its inherent 16-bit colour, built-in audio capabilities and up to 206MHz processing power. Devices that will ship with the player include Compaq's iPaq, Casio's Cassiopeia, and Hewlett-Packard's Jornada PDAs. ...more

Universal puts 100 movies through the HD DVD mill

Universal Studios Home Entertainment (USHE) is further throwing its weight behind HD DVD, the next-gen DVD format. It plans to release 100 HD DVD film and TV titles in 2007 - including the likes of Scarface and Brokeback Mountain - to increase momentum behind HD DVD. One of the key elements in the battle for dominance between HD DVD and its rival blue-laser format, Blu-ray, is the support of content producers, such as the movie studios. ...more

OSDL strengthens links with developer community

The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) has set up a technical advisory board to beef up its communications with the developer community. The OSDL, which employs the likes of Linus Torvalds and Andrew Morton, is a vendor-funded non-profit organisation pitched as a centre of gravity for Linux technology. The technical advisory board will help ensure the OSDL has a handle on what the developer community is focused on. ...more