British Library showcases book reader for Vista

Researchers, academics, students and historians will soon have access to some of the most ancient and fragile historical documents and books hidden away in Britain's biggest and most important library. The British Library has demonstrated a digital book application called Turning the Pages 2.0, that it has developed to run on Windows Vista, taking advantage of the enhanced 3D graphics capabilities of the new operating system. ...more

Google, Apple, Napster target of online video patent suit

According to the New York Times, Google, Apple and Napster have been named in a patent suit filed by the now defunct Internet video service Intertainer in a federal district court in Texas. The company, which holds nine patents, alleges that the tech giants have infringed on its intellectual property covering the management and distribution of digital media. Intertainer is no stranger to the courtroom. ...more

SGI feels the SCO heat

SGI has received notice from SCO that it is terminating its Unix licence due to misappropriation of Unix code. The notice came to light in an SEC filing submitted on Monday by the company that revealed SCO now sees it as the next target following its ongoing litigation with IBM. It reads: 'We recently received a notice from SCO Group stating its intention to terminate our fully paid license to certain UNIX-related code, under which we distribute our IRIX operating system, on the basis that we have breached the terms of such license. ...more

Google to add 'must-have' POP3 support to Gmail

Google is planning to add POP3 support to its Gmail email service. Currently the 1GB-sized accounts can only be accessed through a Web browser. POP3 will allow messages to be downloaded to a local client such as Apple's Mail or Microsoft's Outlook and Entourage, making it easier and quicker to browse, filter and file messages. ...more

Gates commits Microsoft to an interoperable future

Microsoft has pledged itself to an interoperable future. In an open letter to business leaders, Bill Gates says that Microsoft recognises that it can't have it all and that the future for the company is in making its products work with those of other vendors. In the letter Gates says 'Over the years, our industry has tried many approaches to come to grips with the heterogeneity of software. ...more