Office of Fair Trading steps in to prevent mis-selling of domain-names

A Swansea-based businessman has promised to stop mis-selling domain names after action from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). Adam Ripley had been approaching businesses telling them that someone was interested in registering a domain name similar to their business name. He would tell the businesses that he could register the domain for them, but this would have to be done in minutes. ...more

European Commission investigates Intel

The European Commission is now on Intel's case, investigating its market practices and whether any European competition rules have been infringed. The accusation is that Intel has used its dominance to distort the market in its own favour. "This could have the effect of foreclosing the market" to competitors, a Commission spokesperson told Reuters. ...more

Microsoft sues counterfeiters in the US

Microsoft is suing eight system builders and resellers in the US for selling counterfeit versions of its software. The alleged pirates are the latest to be trapped via Microsoft's test purchase programme. In this scheme, undercover Microsoft agents buy systems which are suspected to be running illegal copies of Microsoft software. ...more

Parallels updates its virtual PC system

Parallels has updated its virtual PC system, Workstation 2.0. It enables users to run networked, independent virtual machines on a single physical system. ...more

Palm M700 pictures leaked

Pictures of the Palm M700 have been leaked on the Web, and it's looking very similar in shape to the new Handspring Edge. The pictures can be found here. They show a device that is less stylised than the new Palm M500 and M505 and with similar functionality to the Palm VII. ...more