Microsoft uncovers Live Book Search

Microsoft is going beta - in the US only, at the moment - with its book search project. This involves the online searching of historical books, all of which are out of copyright, that have previously been digitised by academic institutions, including the British Library and the University of Toronto. Live Search Books, as the service is known, can be found at http://books. ...more

HP indemnifies Linux customers against SCO

In a conference call today, HP has said it would indemnify customers buying Linux against any litigation from SCO. From 1 October, HP customers buying Linux distributions, such as Red Hat, SuSE and Mandrake, running on HP hardware will be able to sign an addendum to the support agreement that indemnifies them against litigious action of the sort currently pursued against IBM by SCO. HP's Vice President for Linux and Enterprise systems, Martin Fink, hosted a conference call today to spell out that HP is 'removing need for Linux licence' from SCO for its customers and that the indemnification is 'a risk we are willing to take'. ...more

And also today (16-May-2001), for the record...

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. That Xbox announcement Bill Gates has announced at the E3 show in Los Angeles that Microsoft will launch the Xbox on 8 November. The asking price will be $299. ...more

Microsoft to support RAW image format for Windows

Microsoft has announced that it will support the RAW file format for the 'Longhorn` version of Windows. The company says it has already garnered support for the initiative from the major digital camera and software manufacturers. RAW, as the name suggests, is the unprocessed image information sent directly from the CCD of the camera itself. ...more

i-mode rolls into Europe

Today marks the first roll out of NTT DoCoMo's i-mode service in Europe, courtesy of KPN Mobile, part-owned by DoCoMo. Germany is the first to enjoy an i-mode service, with the network made official today, and punters able to sign up for a handset and subscription from 8 March through KPN Mobile subsidiary E-plus. The service will launch on the high street on 16 March. ...more