Heathrow Express becomes a Wi-Fi HotSpot

Heathrow Express has opened its Wi-Fi HotSpot service for business. The official launch at Paddington today marked the completion of the project between Heathrow Express, T-Mobile and Nomad, a UK company specialising in data links to trains. How much surfing can you do in a journey that is only scheduled to last 15 minutes? That's not the point, said Brian Raven MD of Heathrow Express, for the high-powered customers who frequent the train 'every second counts' he insisted. ...more

Microsoft connects Entourage to Exchange

Microsoft has released an update for Entourage v.X that enables users to operate in its dominant Exchange Server environment. The announcement is a double-boost for Apple; for one it make it much easier to deploy Macs in large enterprises and secondly it means that Mac users in such environments can now upgrade to OS X. ...more

Samsung unveils 'world first' laptop with detachable screen

Samsung Electronics is set to lure thrifty users with the world's first notebook to come with a reusable monitor. The Korean giant unveiled its latest innovation, the M70, at IFA Berlin 2005 on Friday and said that its unique design will compete with both notebooks and desktops thanks to a mammoth 19in detachable monitor. The M70's LCD monitor can be placed in a dock to give the appearance of a conventional desktop PC, but Samsung's real selling point is that the M70 will allow users to upgrade with minimum expense. ...more

US retail group advises retailers SCO lawsuit appears 'unfounded'

US retail group the National Retail Federation has advised its members to ignore SCO threats, saying it expects retailers that use Linux will survive any litigation from the Unix company. In a statement NRF CIO Dave Hogan said he believed the SCO's claims 'are without merit' and that it has so far failed to specify 'which parts of Unix System V have been copied into Linux'. Recently, SCO has filed lawsuits against car companies AutoZone and DaimlerChrysler for what SCO contends is an illegal use of its intellectual property in Unix and Linux. ...more

Rights management central to Microsoft future

Microsoft plans to extend its Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology to both its Office suite of business software and its market leading Web browser, Internet Explorer. In an email sent to customers, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer argues that the full potential of computer technology will not be realised, 'because of concerns about illegal use of digital information, about confidentiality and about privacy.' 'Businesses don't exchange digital information with customers and partners as freely as they might,' he continues, 'because they fear it could fall into the wrong hands'. ...more