Xbox seeing double

It seems that the Xbox is already in stormy waters before the next-generation console has even reached the shelves. This time it's got nothing to do with the technology but the ownership of the name. The Financial Times has reported that Microsoft is in talks with a small Florida-based company over the rights to the name "Xbox". ...more

Microsoft turns down Bluetooth

The emerging Bluetooth wireless protocol will not be a native feature of Windows XP or the next major Windows release, say executives at Microsoft. XP is to use the 802.11 standard, which is more mature than its much-vaunted rival. ...more

Star Wars Episode II meltdown

It doesn't seem that long ago that the likes of Jar Jar Binks was irritating us all in cinemas up and down the country... ...more

Viva open source Java

Viva, a new website dedicated to open source Java, has been made live. Currently the site includes a directory listing of open source Java runtimes, compilers, libraries, test suites, FAQs, UI toolkits and such like. There will also be links to Java runtimes from the research community, information about open source basics and Sun's official open source PR. ...more

Revenues up but Novell stays in the red

Novell has reported stronger than expected revenues for its fourth quarter financial results. Its $320m in revenues was up from last year's $301m, and beat analyst expectations of just north of $300.39m. ...more