Sun and SGI to make OpenGL go Java

A Java interface to the OpenGL cross-platform graphics API. This is the goal of Sun and SGI, who have announced they will cooperate on developing Java bindings to the OpenGL API. What this means is that Java developers will have an easier way into the well-established graphics world of OpenGL. ...more

When is a fence not a fence?

When it's an online auction, perhaps. According to a US state judge in California, the eBay online auction company can not be held liable for the bootlegged music sold over its Web site. In a ruling last week, Judge Pollak, cited a section of the US Communications Decency Act, which says that interactive computer services are not liable for material published on their networks. ...more

Delay to the DVD edition of PC Pro

Our apologies to anyone who was hoping to buy the DVD edition of PC Pro. A production error has meant newsagents are unable to stock it until next week. The CD edition is still on sale, and includes three full products, including the complete and unrestricted version of QuarkXPress 5. ...more

US Patent Office upholds Eolas patent

The US Patent Office has upheld the controversial Eolas patent for calling programs from across the Internet. The announcement is a blow to Microsoft, which is engaged in a long running dispute with Eolas and the University of California - the organisations that sued the software giant over patent infringement. The disputed patent 5,838,906 describes technologies that allow a browser to call programs over the Internet such as Microsoft's own ActiveX, which is often used to display a wide range of multimedia content such as streaming audio and video in a Web page. ...more

PDA market shrinks by 21 per cent

The worldwide market for PDAs in the first three months of 2003 shrank by 21 per cent, year-on-year, according to new figures from research firm IDC. Palm retained its market lead, selling almost twice as many units as its nearest competitor, HP, with 36 per cent of shipments. HP regained second place from Sony with 18. ...more