New book range to be sold under 'Open Source' licence

Bruce Perens, one of the founders of the Open Source movement, has taken the concept into the world of e-books. He says he has convinced US publisher Prentice Hall to produce a series of books on technical subjects under the Open Source licence. The idea is that not only can the books be downloaded and read for free, but they can also be modified and 'sold on' in a printed version. ...more

Harry Potter and the Orders of Amazon

It may not be available for another five months but Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is already at the top of the charts on Amazon.co.uk. ...more

IBM announces Grid Computing for Linux

IBM and various Linux partners have announced toolkits and middleware to support Grid Computing on IBM-based Linux systems. Specifically, Grid Computing will be available for enterprises running Linux on the IBM eServer zSeries mainframe. This is achieved using the Globus Toolkit for Linux which is part of SuSE Linux Enterprise. ...more

Freeserve deals connection and content bundle

Premium content and broadband connection for ?27.99 a month Freeserve has chopped ?2 off the price of its broadband rate and bundled in premium content for free. From today, customers get 150 free text messages, 20 photo prints from its digital photography service and two month's membership of its music download service for free - goodies that Freeserve reckons to be worth ?25. ...more

Palm increases share of PDA market

Palm - soon to be renamed palmOne - has increased its share of the worldwide PDA market. Handhelds running the Palm OS now account for more than 50 per cent of worldwide shipments, according to the latest figures from industry analyst Gartner. During the second quarter of 2003, Palm claimed 38 per cent of the market, up from 30. ...more