Abit reveals Fatal1ty AA8

In an exclusive interview regarding Abit's new gaming server, Scott Thirlwell, Abit director of marketing, released more details about the Fatal1ty AA8. He explained that the board, which has been the subject of much speculation on the Internet's message boards, will go into mass production on Friday (15 October) and he expects the first boards to reach store shelves by the end of this month. For the development of the Fatal1ty AA8, the real driving force behind the board was Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel, according to Thirlwell. ...more

Mono betas the Open Source route to .Net

Novell has finally brought to beta the Mono developer framework. This allows programmers to write applications and web services based on Microsoft's .Net framework that will also run on Unix and Linux. ...more

Sony puts Blu-ray into its Vaio range

Sony is powering its Blu-ray campaign with a new Vaio notebook and desktop complete with the next-gen optical plumage and HD features. The Vaio AR-Series totes a double-layer Blu-ray Disc optical drive, coupled with 200GB of hard disk space. Even so, that's only four of the 50GB dual-layer Blu-ray discs. ...more

Videophones on the horizon

Nokia and RealNetworks team up for 3G mobile video and audio. As one of the first stories to emerge from this year's CeBIT show in Hanover, the two companies will form an alliance to integrate Real's digital media technology in Nokia's next-generation devices. What is on offer is the ability for mobile phone users to have on-demand access to information and entertainment in audio or video form. ...more

Despite Microsoft, Linspire holds on to Lindows parent name

Linux distributor Linspire (nee Lindows) has won its latest battle against Microsoft in the Dutch courts. A Judge has told the company that it can make limited use of the name Lindows on its web site according to the IDG News Service. After losing an earlier round in a Dutch court, Lindows had changed its trading name to Linspire after Microsoft successfully claimed that Lindows infringed the Windows trademark. ...more