Trade in your old PC and save the world for ?299

If you're still waiting for the right time to upgrade your old machine, this could be it. Bell Science will give you a new box boasting some pretty meaty components: a 700Mhz PIII, 256Mb of SDRAM memory, a 20Gb drive, CD-ROM, 32Mb AGP graphics card, sound card and speakers. You'll have to keep hold of your monitor though, and Bell will install whichever OS you have on your old machine on the new one. ...more

From Delphi to .Net

Borland plots a route to .Net Web Services development using its new Delphi 7 Studio development environment. Borland boasts that is the first to deliver an independent - ie non-Microsoft - path to . ...more

Record annual fall in US music sales

The US music industry experienced its largest annual fall in revenues last year, despite a sharp increase in the sales of digital music. Figures from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) show a 13 per cent fall in the value of CD sales in 2006. Individual download revenues increased by 60 per cent while album sales doubled, but the net result was a revenue decline of 6. ...more

X-rays via the Internet

Guys and St Thomas's Hospital in London have introduced a system whereby consultants can access X-rays and other health images over the Internet. The system, developed by Kodak, means that consultants on call can make diagnoses from home or other remote locations, and expert opinions can be sought from consultants across the globe instantly. The records will only be accessible through a secure intranet site and the system is already improving efficiency and reducing stress for both clinicians and patients. ...more

Microsoft finds backing from the US Department of Justice

Microsoft may seek the help of the US Government to challenge the EU's anti-trust ruling at the World Trade Organisation. Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, said that the company would be talking to the US authorities about the terms of the ruling, which are far more severe than those imposed by the US in a similar case. However, US trade officials may be unwilling to back the company, not least because if the WTO overruled the EU, it could set a precedent for decisions by other sovereign bodies, such as the US. ...more