IBM announces Desktop Management Services

IBM has announced its new Desktop Management Services, aimed at small and medium-sized businesses. This is designed to be a way for companies to buy a pre-packaged pay-per-seat service, which covers PCs and their maintenance services. Removing complexity from PC management and reducing total cost of ownership is IBM's claim for the PC services. ...more

Danes charge pirates, BT to test 'Midband', broadband Q&A

A Danish anti-piracy organisation has started sending bills to people it says have illegally downloaded music, movies and games. According to the Associated Press, the AntiPiratGruppen, funded by Danish entertainment companies, has billed 150 individual, schools and businesses. Bills ranged from around ?83 to ?8,450 and so far half have been paid, despite concerns that billing process may have violated Danish anti-piracy law. ...more

Apple issues new OS patch

Apple has issued a new update to OS X. The new point release 10.4. ...more

Kodak and Firefox drag and drop photos online

Kodak is hoping to tap the popularity of open-source browser Firefox with a new add-on to make publishing photos online a straightforward drag and drop process. Billed as a 'companion' to the browser, the add-on opens a side panel into which users can drag and drop jpeg images and upload, share and print them easily. As well as the Kodak EasyShare Gallery, the add-in also supports the Flickr, Tabblo, Marela, 23, and Smugmug, with more online services set to follow. ...more

Amazon in the red

The losses return. The online retailer Amazon has moved back into the red for its latest quarterly results. Probably the most famous dot-com in the world, Amazon achieved (very) long awaited profitability at the end of last year. ...more