Palms easier on the pocket

Palm has announced it has knocked large chunks off the price of some of its handhelds, with 25 per cent off the Tungsten-T that was released just last Halloween. Palm's vice president EMEA, Vesey Crichton, said: 'We believe there is a real opportunity to inject new energy and attract new users into the handheld sector in 2003 by delivering truly innovative solutions that offer exceptional value for money. The Tungsten T handheld in particular is a first-rate deal for business audiences looking to achieve better productivity both within and outside the work environment. ...more

Vista is no panacea for security - Symantec

Symantec has issued a report on the state of security within Microsoft's flagship operating system Vista, claiming that the platform is far from the panacea for all security ills that many had hoped. The security company said that Vista's new plumage has been mainly plucked from the open-source community, rather than being new security developments in themselves. 'Most are derived from the groundwork originally laid by open source operating systems such as Linux and OpenBSD, the PaX and Stackguard projects, as well as numerous academic publications,' it claims. ...more

Microsoft releases public beta of Vista

It's been talked about for years. It's been hyped. It's been rubbished. ...more

Freeserve deals connection and content bundle

Premium content and broadband connection for ?27.99 a month Freeserve has chopped ?2 off the price of its broadband rate and bundled in premium content for free. From today, customers get 150 free text messages, 20 photo prints from its digital photography service and two month's membership of its music download service for free - goodies that Freeserve reckons to be worth ?25. ...more

SCO now takes on DaimlerChrysler in Linux dispute

SCO has filed suit against DaimlerChrysler for not responding to letters sent to Unix licencees demanding they perform a software audit proving they are complying with the confidentiality provisions and other terms of the software licence. SCO is seeking an injunction to bar DaimlerChrysler from further violations of that licence, to fix past violations and be awarded damages to be decided in court as well as costs. However, the violation in question is simply that of not responding to the audit request, rather than any misappropriation of trade secrets or use of Linux as with other litigation SCO is pursuing. ...more