Warner issues warning to publishers: 'The bad games are over'

Warner Brothers Interactive is set to hit videogame publishers that have licensed its brands with extra costs if games based on those brands don't come up to standards it will set. According to an article on The Hollywood Reporter website, in an effort to maintain a high level of quality amongst WBI brand-based games, the company is adding a new clause to contracts - any publisher producing a WBI licensed title which receives an average review score of under 70 percent will have to cough up extra royalty fees. Extra costs incurred fluctuate depending on the average review score. ...more

Internet Explorer loses market share to open source upstarts

For the first time since the browser wars of the mid 1990s, Microsoft's Internet Explorer lost market share in June. According to web browser monitors WebSideStory IE's share dropped from 95.48 per cent to 94. ...more

Chief of scandal-hit Computer Associates steps down

Sanjay Kumar, the CEO of Computer Associates has resigned as Chairman and CEO of the scandal hit company. He has also left the main board and stepped into a new position of Chief Software Architect. The company is now actively looking for a new CEO. ...more

Scientists claim screen colour breakthrough

Swiss scientists have developed and produced a computer and TV screen capable of producing the full spectrum of colours within white light, rather than the restricted palette displayed by current technologies. The prototype displays pixels that change colour as a underlying polymer is activated by an electrical current, allowing different wavelengths of light to escape from the screen. The variation in wavelength means the display can generate the full colour spectrum. ...more

IBM extends the Power5 entry-level Unix server range

IBM has extended the Power5 range downwards with a new model aimed squarely at the entry level Unix server market. IBM sees the new eServer p5 510 as either for first time Unix server customers or for larger companies looking to deploy low cost machines across branches. The 510 will be offered in a 1- to 2-way rack with a 1. ...more