Zune details leak onto the Internet

Details and specifications have emerged about the Microsoft designed portable MP3 player codenamed 'Zune'. A Federal Communications Commission filing confirms that Redmond will not be manufacturing the device itself but will be outsourcing the whole construction to Toshiba. The filing also uncovers the wireless music and 'friends' capabilities of the new device. ...more

ATI back on form?

Graphics chipset company nVIDIA may be the current king of the 3D hardware realm, but one of the contenders for the crown, ATI, has announced some new technology, Truform. Essentially, Truform allows programmers and 3D modellers to improve the visual quality of models in 3D environments by smoothing-out polygon edges. How does it do this? Well, you could be forgiven for thinking that it actually increases the polygon count in each model, which is the obvious choice. ...more

Sun loses Java patent case to Kodak

Sun has lost the case brought against it by Eastman Kodak. The photographic giant convinced a Federal jury that Sun infringed its patents in the development of the Java programming language. Now Kodak is asking for $1. ...more

IE7 tops 100 million users

More than 100 million people are using IE7, the latest version of Microsoft's browser, demonstrating its popularity since it launched last year, states the software giant. The company unveiled the figures, compiled by web usage researcher WebSideStory, on its IE blog. It claims that more than a quarter of people visiting US websites last week did so using IE7. ...more

World Online bought by rival

World Online's controversial time on the stock market ended when rival Internet service provider Tiscali bought out the company. The company was dogged by controversy after it was revealed that founder and chairwoman Nina Brink had sold a sizeable amount of her shareholding before World Online was floated. This meant that the floatation was made at a fraction of the float price, causing panic among investors. ...more