Web services for all, promises IBM

A single development environment for delivering Web services is IBM's promise for WebSphere Studio Version 5. The idea is to make it easier to create Web services from existing software, covering multiple platforms as well as legacy applications involving older programming languages. That's Linux as well as Windows, and using Java too. ...more

Disgo fever

A storage device as portable as a key. If you're used to keeping your keys in a little tube hanging round your neck when you're on the beach, you'll be comfortable with the idea of carrying around a disgo, a USB-based flash storage device. No bigger than a highlighter pen, up to 64Mb of data can be transferred on your journey between different PCs or even different systems, i. ...more

Macromedia completes MX product family with Dreamweaver and Fireworks

Macromedia has completed its MX product family with the launch of new versions of Dreamweaver and Fireworks. The company also announced ColdFusion MX, a new version of the server scripting technology it acquired when it merged with Allaire last year. The MX brand was launched with the release of Flash MX earlier this year, and is designed to integrate Macromedia's entire product family to enable the building of what the company calls 'Rich Internet Applications' ? that is Internet services with more complex user interfaces, two-way communication, and Web-based business applications. ...more

Canadian artists take stand against music industry

A group of Canadian musicians has taken a stand against the anti-file sharing activities of their own record labels. The Canadian Music Creators Coalition, which counts Barenaked Ladies, Avril Lavigne, Sarah McLachlan and Broken Social Scene among its members, insists that suing their fans is destructive and hypocritical. 'Fans who share music are not thieves or pirates,' the Coalition states in its Policy Paper. ...more

Napster blames Microsoft for iTunes dominance

Napster's CEO has blamed Microsoft for the music service's failure to close the gap on Apple's iTunes. Chris Gorog told a Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit in New York that Microsoft's 'execution has been less than brilliant' over the past year. 'Our business does rely on Microsoft's digital rights management software and our business model also relies on Microsoft's ecosystem of device manufacturers,' he said, adding that the software giant has to accommodate a host of service providers and device makers. ...more