Kodak turns digital camera patents against Sony

Kodak has sued Sony over the alleged infringements of 10 patents. The giants of the digital camera market are at loggerheads over patents granted to Kodak between 1987 last year concerning the compression, colour-sensing and storage of digital stills and video. Sony maintains it 'has not violated any Kodak patent related to digital imaging and will fully defend any allegations'. ...more

ATI launches new mid range X1900 GPU

The world's biggest graphics card manufacturer ATI has introduced the new X1900GT graphics processor. This latest addition to the X1900 product line is a mid-range replacement for the X1800GT. The ATI Radeon X1900 GT Card is a native PCI Express card based around the RV570 design. ...more

Labour squats Howard domains

A Conservative MP has written to the Electoral Commission complaining about the Labour party cyber-squatting on domain names using the name of Michael Howard, the leader of the opposition. Michael Fabricant, the MP for Litchfield, condemned the Labour party as 'cyber-hypocrites' and says the practice is against official government policy. The sites are www. ...more

The e-mail virus hits FBI and companies all over Europe

The latest e-mail virus to hit the Internet (and Outlook Express users everywhere) is spreading fast. Readers of this Web site include those who have been infected, even if they don't know it yet. We know who they are, though, because we're getting messages sent as the virus' payload. ...more

Music industry bangs DRM drum

Following the high-profile PR disaster for Sony, and for digital rights management (DRM) in general, towards the end of last year, the music industry has begun a campaign to convince music buyers that DRM is in the best interests of everyone. In an article setting out the record company's case, Dr Richard Gooch, deputy director of Technology for the IFPI, the industry's main international body, argues that while it has an unlovable title and an even more unlovable acronym, digital rights management is the most pressing issue in the digital music scene, and vital to its future. 'DRM is driving new flexible music services for consumers in the digital market,' he writes. ...more