Macromedia powers up Contribute

Macromedia has updated its Contribute application, which enables the editing of website content without the need for specialist skills. Contribute 3.1 for Mac and Windows fixes half a dozen performance issues - see the release notes for details - and is available from www. ...more

IDF, Spring 2005: Intel gets Flash at IDF

Intel has stressed its ambitions for Flash memory - specifically, the cellular and embedded market segments - at the Spring, IDF 2005. 'Intel achieved great momentum in the non-volatile memory business in 2004 with its industry-leading NOR flash product line, and we are approaching 2005 with even more focus and determination,' said Darin Billerbeck, general manager of Intel's Flash Products Group. 'By adding these new products, we are doubling our NOR product portfolio to meet both our cellular and embedded customer requirements for high performance, high reliability and code execution. ...more

14-04-2001 Essential news of the week

Brought neatly together and presented on a plate, here is a roundup of some of the week's main news stories from the world of IT. Sun applies quality control to its own workforce Motorola posts a loss and hears from Tony Blair Office XP shot Clippy The Napster monster won't lie down< Director 8.5 - first review Pirates claim more than 90 per cent of the games software market UK jobs axed by Marconi Acrobat 5. ...more

FBI investigates a case of cyber-extortion

The FBI is investigating a case of online extortion after hackers went ahead and published credit card details on the Internet after a demand for money wasn't met. The company involved, the Los Angeles-based Creditcards.com, manages online credit card transactions on behalf of other companies. ...more

SCO keeps the litigious hat with Novell

In a teleconference on Friday, SCO refuted Novell's claimed ownership of Unix copyrights and patents, with CEO Darl McBride saying: 'We'll be settling these issues in court'. Novell's assertion that the 1995 sale of Unix to SCO did not include the transfer of copyrights and patents is wrong, claimed McBride - a former executive at Novell. He described Novell's actions as 'a desperate measure to curry favour with the Linux fraternity', and that its statement was deliberately timed to tarnish SCO's quarterly results announcements. ...more