Microsoft fights back over iPod virus claims

Microsoft has said Apple, not Windows, was to blame when a number of iPods were infected by a virus last month. Jonathan Poon, who is responsible for ensuring Microsoft's products are virus-free, said the fault lay with Apple's working practices. In a blog entry headed ' Where's your class? Your integrity?' he slammed Apple's attempts to deflect the blame. ...more

Borland quick to get Together UML support

It was only a few weeks ago that Borland completed its acquisition of Togethersoft - 15 January, to be precise - but Borland has already announced new editions of Java products. The Together application management tools of Togethersoft have been incorporated with Borland's JBuilder (a Java development environment) and Borland Enterprise Studio for Java (a suite of development and deployment tools). A standalone version of Together Edition for JBuilder will be available (supporting JBuilder 7 using JDK 1. ...more

Sun juxtaposes finding and getting

Easy peer-to-peer networking on a multi-dimensional "expanded Web". This is the goal for a project, launched by Sun Microsystems, called JXTA. Essentially, the idea behind Project JXTA - pronounced "juxta" - is that as more and more content migrates to the Web the more difficult it becomes to locate and access the various resources. ...more

Adobe targets Premiere at PC users

Adobe has announced that it is releasing a limited edition version of Premiere, its video editing application, for bundling with computer systems in a move similar to Apple's bundling of iMovie with its machines. Sony will be the first company to include Adobe Premiere LE, in its new Vaio line, but Adobe hopes that other OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) will offer similar bundles, 'later this year.' Premiere LE is a stripped down version of the full application that includes support for, 'a large selection of digital video (DV) devices for Windows and includes several key editing tools,' aimed at what Adobe calls novice video editors. ...more

Spring IDF 2006: Your DVD player is as hot as a cup of Starbucks coffee

Intel's Home Entertainment keynote brought up one astounding fact: your DVD player, when idle, is almost as hot as a cup of Starbucks coffee. That's 74.3C for your DVD player and 77C for the coffee. ...more