Orders taken for FireWire SuperDrives

Online retailer 4DVD is taking pre-orders for a FireWire version of Pioneer's SuperDrive, the combined rewritable CD and recordable DVD drive recently unveiled in the 733MHz Power Mac G4s. In conjunction with Apple's DVD Studio Pro software the drive can write DVDs that can be played in most domestic DVD players. It also acts as a standard DVD recorder (writing up to 4. ...more

Dell pushes the Dimension for Budget PCs

Dell is attacking the value the end of the PC market with its latest Dimension, the 2400. Pricing for the Dimension 2400 starts from ?429 (inc. VAT and delivery), the chip for which would be a 2. ...more

eBay to change image policy

An unscrupulous seller has recently tried to sell autopsy and crime scene pictures on eBay, prompting the company to change its policy on graphic images. The pictures were from a case involving Steven Branch, an eight-year-old from Memphis who went missing with two of his friends. Their mutilated bodies were found in a drainage ditch and three teenagers were charged with their murders. ...more

Sun's Scott McNealy squashes idea of Java becoming open source

Sun's CEO Scott McNealy has squashed hopes that its Java programming language could be made open source, and cast a shadow over Sun COO Jonathan Schwartz's statement yesterday that the Solaris operating system was to go the same way. At a news conference during the public sector technology showcase FOSE 2004, McNealy said he couldn't understand how open sourcing Java would solve anything. In February, Eric Raymond, President of the Open Source Initiative, published an open letter to Sun in which he called on Sun to make its Java platform Open Source, describing the company's Open Source strategy as 'spotty' and 'confused'. ...more

Hitachi launches DVD camcorder

It didn't seem that long ago that MiniDV was the hottest format in the world of home videography. Now, Hitachi has launched a new DVD-RAM video camera that will have enthusiasts dribbling with anticipation. Using 8cm DVD-RAM discs with a 2. ...more