Apple gears up for billionth iTune promo

Apple has begun the countdown to the sale of the one billionth iTune. The person who just happens to nab that track will win a 20in iMac, 10 (yes, 10) 60GB iPods and a $10,000 iTunes Music Store voucher to fill them with. Moreover Apple will create a scholarship in the winner's name at a 'world-renowned' music school. ...more

The PC Pro ISP Survey results

Thousands of PC Pro readers answered our recent ISP survey and here are the headline results. Criteria The results reflect readers' experiences of getting (and staying) online. Categories such as the "quality of connections" provided, the level of "services supplied" and the overall "quality of support" are considered. ...more

IBM launches new low power multi core PPC chips

IBM has announced a new set of PowerPC chips, including dual core and lower power versions, at the Power Everywhere forum in Tokyo. The PowerPC 970MP is a dual-core version of the PowerPC 970FX running at between 1.4 and 2. ...more

Open Source, open letter, open warfare

Open Source leaders Eric Raymond and Bruce Perens have responded to SCO's open letter with one of their own - refusing SCO's call for the new business model for Linux and denying the company any part in the platform's future. The letter pulls no punches. It accuses SCO's CEO Darl McBride of scribing a 'farrago of falsehoods, half-truths, evasions, slanders, and misrepresentations. ...more

Internet use up Down Under

A new report by the Australian government shows that the country is becoming a high-tech environment where the Internet is embraced. The report from the Australian National Office for Information Economy showed that 50 per cent of Australian adults used the Internet in the past year (a rise of 61 per cent since 1998), 65 per cent of Australians over the age of 16 had access to the Net and over 40 per cent of households had access. Australian Prime Minister John Howard told his parliament that Australia was now standing with the best in relation with the way it used information and computer technology. ...more