Microsoft terminates Internet Explorer for Macs

Microsoft is to cut adrift Internet Explorer for the Mac. From the end of next month, the venerable browser will not be available for download, and support for existing installations will cease 31 December 2005. Microsoft is recommending Apple's Safari as an alternative. ...more

Creative blasts out with GeForce4 cards

Pixel crunching, pixel munching. Creative Labs has announced AGP add-in cards with nVidia's new GeForce4 chipset. There are three 3D Blaster 4 cards coming out now and in the immediate future: the low end MX420, MX440 and high end Ti4400, priced ?99. ...more

Windows XP users warned off debugging system

The US Department of Energy has warned government users of a potential security hole in Windows XP, which is released tomorrow. The department's Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC) claims that the software's error reporting feature could send confidential government data across the Internet to a Microsoft database. The feature sends crash and debugging information back to Microsoft whenever a problem occurs with XP, and is designed to help the company detect and fix bugs. ...more

Online advertising provides boost for Yahoo!

Yahoo!, long since seen as a bellwether stock for the Internet sector, has reported stunning results for its financial fourth quarter, far in advance of analysts predictions. Revenues increased by a whopping 62 per cent largely due to huge jumps from non-US sales. Revenues for the quarter were over $1 billion, a 62 per cent increase over the same period last year. ...more

Hong Kong movie pirate sentenced

A Hong Kong man convicted of movie piracy using the BitTorrent service has been sentenced to three months. Unemployed 38-year-old Chan Nai-ming was convicted last month of distributing three movies: Daredevil, Red Planet and Miss Congeniality; making him the first BitTorrent user to be successfully prosecuted for the offence. Chan pleaded not guilty. ...more