Red Hat buys Netscape Enterprise Solutions from AOL

Enterprise Linux specialist Red Hat has snapped up choice pieces of Netscape Enterprise solutions from AOL. These include the Netscape Enterprise Suite and include Netscape Directory Server and Netscape Certificate Management System. Red Hat says it will be delivering its own versions of these products to its customers within six to 12 months. ...more

VMware virtualises the Intel-based Mac

VMware has announced the Intel-based Mac version of its client virtualisation software. The new version was demonstrated yesterday at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2006 in San Francisco and allows Intel-based Macs running OS X to run a whole host of guest operating systems within its virtualised environment without having to dual boot. Apple's first concession to allowing other platforms onto its hardware came in the form of Boot Camp, which allowed the installation of Windows XP alongside Mac OS X in a dual-boot environment. ...more

Stand-off expected in Blu-ray HD DVD battle

Neither Blu-ray nor HD DVD are likely to achieve a dominant position as the market for high-definition DVDs takes off, according to an industry analyst. Screen digest, the self-styled pre-eminent source of business intelligence, research and analysis on global audiovisual media, says that both will coexist until combi-format equipment become cost-effective and eventually dominates, mirroring the current market for recordable DVDs 'Given the vested interests on either side, we believe that the most likely outcome at present is.. ...more

Firefox grows at IE's cost

The open-source Firefox browser recorded a market share of eight per cent in May 2005, according to the latest survey from NetApplications. This was an increase form the 7.38 per cent recorded for April. ...more

Kenwood adopts Windows Media Audio

At the Streaming Media West 2000 show in San Jose, California, it's been announced that audio specialist Kenwood is teaming up with Microsoft. The company unveiled its new CD player, which can play up to 22 hours of CD-quality music on a CDR. The Kenwood DPC-MP727 is the first CD player to support Microsoft's Windows Media Audio format, a direct rival to MP3. ...more