Napster shuts down its old ways

The file sharing system Napster has effectively shut down its systems and disabled all old versions of its software, leaving users with no service. It is reworking its software to allow for special filtering, as it moves towards a subscription-based service for later in the year. The Napster. ...more

And from the document chaos came eCabinet

Ricoh-UK estimates that an average employee spends 2.5 hours a week searching for documents. It's this problem that's addressed by its eCabinet system for document capture, storage and retrieval. ...more

IBM attacks SCO's copyright claims

IBM has filed a motion seeking a summary judgement in its favour against SCO's claims of copyright infringement because it has yet to provide any evidence of this. SCO added copyright claims and another $2bn to its mammoth $3bn suit against IBM in February after dropping one of its main thrusts in its original suit - that IBM had misappropriated its trade secrets. At that point SCO amended its case with the claim that IBM had infringed its copyrights, after revoking its Unix licence in July last year. ...more

09-02-2001 Essential news of the week

Brought neatly together and presented on a plate, here's a roundup of some of the week's main news stories from the world of IT. The ADSL rumble rolls on Palm shuffles memory cards EU copies copyright law to the Net IBM adds to ThinkPads Really tiny hard drive Sun's Web services to be as ONE Microsoft gains eXPerience Like a scene from all those New York movies Xbox seeing double The price of junk mail counted in billions Buy.com snapped up by John Lewis Don't forget, we welcome your comments. ...more

Plans put on hold for pro SCO website

It's a no show for the proSCO.com website.. ...more