Singapore clamps down on unauthorised file sharing

Police in Singapore have arrested three people charged with sharing more than 20,000 files. It is the country's first clampdown on unauthorised sharing. An amendment to the country's Copyright Act has made large scale file sharing a criminal offence; this contrast with the US and Europe where the record industry has only has recourse through civil courts. ...more

CD Wow denies illegal importing of CDs

CD Wow has denied that it intentionally breached an agreement with the BPI not to sell CDs in the UK that have been imported from outside Europe, simply because it never has. In an email, the online retailer said that it does not knowingly despatch unlicensed CDs to UK customers and that all CD's bought by CD Wow are legitimately acquired from the record companies. CD Wow was responding to a BPI lawsuit alleging that a 2004 court order had been broken, with the retailer continuing to import CDs 'illegally' from South East Asia. ...more

1GHz notebooks arrive

Intel released its 1GHz mobile Pentium III processors today and you can already buy notebooks based on the new chip in the UK. Dell also has just announced a new Inspiron, the 8000 (pictured), which runs at 1GHz and includes a 32Mb ATI graphics card and a combination DVD/CD-RW drive. Guide pricing for the 8000 is ?1,499 ex VAT for 64Mb Ram, 15in screen, a 10Gb hard drive and modem. ...more

Amazon finally finds the source of profits

Amazon.com, the bellwether dot com stock of the 1990s has finally made a profit. In its annual results, the company made $35 million in 2003 compared with a net loss of $149 million in 2002. ...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