Comment: Microsoft's latest Linux offensive is an enormous blunder

With Bill Gates getting ready to clear his desk and spend more time with his family (of servers), there had never been a better opportunity for Microsoft to shed its reputation as the 'Evil Empire'. Goodbye to the surly, unrepentant Mr Microsoft, and hello to cuddly Steve Ballmer, infamous for bounding around the stage at company get-togethers. Sadly, the leopard isn't about to change its spots. ...more

Iomega gets hot to burn

Iomega has announced HotBurn, its new CD authoring software, claiming that in tests it 'performed faster than the industry leader for users of all experience levels'. HotBurn includes two-step music and data-CD creation, one-step duplication and multiple copying of a source CD, organised into a single interface screen. There is also a 'Best Of' feature that allows you to make compilation CDs without having to copy components from several CDs to your hard disk. ...more

Apple expands the Mac mini range

Apple has upgraded the Mac mini range, adding a Core Duo processor to the Combo drive model and boosting the speed of the SuperDrive version. The Combo is now powered by a 1.5GHz processor. ...more

Removable hard disks from Iomega

Iomega has announced the Peerless drive system, a removable hard drive system for Windows and Mac OS. The system comprises 5, 10 and 20Gb hard disks of about the same size as a PDA and a base station only slightly larger than the disks themselves, which deliver transfer rates in the region of 15Mb/sec via FireWire. The Peerless disks have integrated read/write heads, eliminating the possibility of dust contamination, but the hard drive electronics are located in the base station keeping the cost of the disks much lower than would otherwise have been the case. ...more

Sony shows seven Cyber-shots

Sony has unveiled seven new Cyber-shot digital cameras, ranging from the ultra-slim T20 to the infra-red equipped H7 and H9. The 8.1 megapixel T20 (pictured) offers the highest resolution of any Sony T-series Cyber-shot. ...more