A forte for Java

Sun releases Forte for Java 3.0. Sun's latest Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is for those working on the Java 2 platform, on an enterprise scale. ...more

Nokia grows phone market share in better-than-expected quarterly results

Nokia has announced its third quarter results, beating expectations and growing market share, but showing a decline in revenues from mobile phones after a price cuts pushed through in the previous quarter. Nokia's mobile phone unit showed sales of 4.43bn Euros, down 13 per cent year on year from 5. ...more

Women go online for music to avoid record shop bullies

Women are fuelling the rise in digital music sales according to a survey which found that downloading allows them to shop without having to face 'intimidating' record shop staff. Media group Emap discovered that the idea that older male music buyers are behind the surge in downloads sales is false. Not only are female fans buying more music, they are also avid readers of the music press; more than half of Kerrang's readership is female. ...more

OS X takes step closer to corporate market

The next update for Mac OS X will see the platform adopt a new file system that should significantly improve its reliability, and set Apple up for a potential charge towards the corporate systems market. The update, which will probably be released as OS X 10.2. ...more

UK games chart: Nintendogs Dalmations wins new friends

It's steady as you go in this week's ELSPA games chart with EA Sports' FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 (PC, PS2, Xbox and Xb360) holding sway at the top. The only change in the top five is that THQ's MotoGP '06 (Xb360) and Codemasters' Sensible Soccer 2006 (PC, PS2, Xb, mobile) swap places, in fourth and fifth. Nintendogs: Dalmatian & Friends (DS) is the only new entry in the top ten. ...more