Goodbye Savastore, hello Saverstore

Electronics retailer Savastore.com has risen from the ashes - in the subtly disguised form of Saverstore.com. ...more

Apple loses legal fight with 'rumour' websites

Californian judges have found against Apple in the latest twist of the company's lawsuit against various 'rumour' websites. Apple has pursued the website's PowerPage and AppleInsider to reveal their sources for leaks about a product launch in November 2004. Specifically, the details of a FireWire audio interface for the music app Garage Band. ...more

Microsoft settles anti-trust law suit with South Dakota

Microsoft has settled its legal disputes with another state - South Dakota. The class action lawsuit had alleged that Microsoft violated South Dakota's unfair competition laws. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, $9. ...more

Microsoft's New Example for the Sci-Fi Obviousness files

In his 1994 book, "Ebert's Little Movie Glossary", where he lists lots of movie cliches, obligatory scenes, etc., one entry is well familiar to science fiction fans: UNIVERSAL TRANSLATOR: Device carried by all spaceships, allowing instantaneous translation from any alien language into the local language. The most incredible thing about this device is the way it can alter any accompanying visual transmission from the aliens. ...more

Files set to self-destruct

With files flying around left, right and centre on the Internet and the music industry tightening its grip on music sharing software such as Napster, it is no surprise that new forms of digital rights protection are coming to the fore. One of the more interesting file access control applications doing the rounds at the moment is something called InTether from Infraworks Corporation. The company made its name in the late 90s with its file deletion software called Sanitizer but now has turned its gaze towards digital rights management. ...more