Microsoft meets EU deadline for server documentation

Microsoft has met today's deadline for the submission of revised documentation on server interoperability, the European Commission has confirmed. Potential licensees of the server technology detailed will now evaluate whether the latest documentation contains the necessary information to allow the development of work group server operating system products that are fully interoperable with Microsoft software. The independent Monitoring Trustee, Professor Neil Barrett will also test the documentation in order to verify its accuracy and the commission will decide in due course whether or not Microsoft is in compliance with the requirements of the EU's March 2004 Decision: : that it provides complete and accurate technical documentation on server interface information and make that information available to licensees at a reasonable and non-discriminatory price. ...more

Liteon has announced new top-end DVD burners

While the technology has already reached the maximum 16-speed write limits, there is still room for improvement when it comes to rewrite: erasing existing data and writing fresh data in its place. Liteon's new drives claim an 8-speed rewrite for + media and 6-speed rewrite performance for - media. The +RW format is supported by the DVD Alliance, while the -RW format is championed by the DVD Forum. ...more

Website guides parents on gaming issues

A website has been launched to help parents understand the age ratings system for computer and video games. The idea is that they will better understand the choices about games for their kids or perhaps decide what is unacceptable when they start buying games themselves. The site www. ...more

Mobiles to get cloth screen

Just when you've thought you've heard it all another technological developments bounds into view to astound and amaze. A news article in the Daily Mail reports that scientists are developing a special cloth that doubles as a view screen. The cloth contains wires and phosphor so that it glows when an electrical current is passed through it. ...more

Pioneer burns DVDs at home

A new combined DVD-R/CD-RW drive from Pioneer is being launched in America and it is the first unit of its kind that allows the home user to record DVDs that can be played in a standard DVD player. The Pioneer DVR-A03 can read and write in four formats including DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD-R and CD-RW. The drive works at a storage capacity of 4. ...more