Microsoft appeals second EC fine

Microsoft has formally lodged an appeal with the Court of First Instance against the €280.5mn fine imposed back in July. The fine was imposed on Microsoft by the European Commission following its failure to comply with the March 2004 Decision, requiring the software giant to publish the details of the interfaces to Windows Server 2003 that would allow rival software companies to develop applications on the same basis as Microsoft's own teams. ...more

PlayStation 2 toppled by Gameboy in Japan

A new market survey shows that sales of the PlayStation 2 have slipped in the land of the Rising Sun. A recent market survey of the top game machines, by Nikkei BP, showed that the PS2 has been toppled from the top sales spot that it occupied for 28 weeks since the second week of May. What is the mighty machine that has beaten this next-generation colossus? What powerful force could have sent the PS2 to languish in third place? Is it an early sighting of an Xbox or perhaps a leaked version of the Gamecube? No, it's just that old perennial the Gameboy Color selling more units than ever. ...more

Apple Corps to appeal ruling

Apple Corps has announced that it will appeal yesterday's ruling that Apple Computer's use of the apple logo in connection with its iTunes Music Store does not violate a 1991 trademark agreement between the two companies. 'With great respect to the trial judge, we consider he has reached the wrong conclusion,' Neil Aspinall, Apple Corps' manager, said in a statement. 'We felt that during the course of the trial we clearly demonstrated just how extensively Apple Computer had broken the agreement. ...more

BT, Energis join alliance to finger DDoS gangs

Some of the world's biggest names in telecoms have combined under the banner of The Fingerprint Alliance in order to combat the growing threat of organised criminals mounting major denial of service attacks. The group, which includes companies such as BT, Cisco, Energis, Earthlink and Rackspace, is joining together with Arbor Networks to share information about attacks via the company's Peakflow SP technology. Peakflow SP is designed to fight the threat of DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks. ...more

New exchanges added to Broadband Britain

BT has named 17 exchanges to be ADSL-enabled in July. Broadband will be available on these dates from the exchanges listed. ? 9 July: Stonehaven. ...more