Microsoft squeezed for antitrust settlement violations

Massachusetts, the remaining state to still find last November's antitrust settlement between the DoJ and Microsoft unacceptable, says it is looking into possible breaches of the software company's obligations. In an eight-page filing, Massachusetts' attorney general Thomas Reilly, said investigations were being made into 'several issues related to potential enforcement of the decree.' In particular, whether Microsoft had violated terms of the settlement by adopting retaliatory actions against an unnamed computer maker that had been offering Linux as an alternative to Windows. ...more

Open Source support industry to grow to multi-million pound market

Analysts at IDC reckon that public sector deployment of Open Source software will drive momentum in the enterprise, resulting in a booming market for support services. It says organisations in Europe already spend ?53mn on supporting Open Source software, with much of renewed interest stemming from public sector deployments that are the result of cost-saving initiatives. These in turn work as proof of concept demonstrations that larger enterprises can draw confidence from when considering using Open Source software in large-scale commercial environments. ...more

The low-down on... Bluetooth: what it is and where we're at

Bluetooth. The word is on every one's lips. But what exactly is it? Apparently, it's going to be the next big thing in wireless technology. ...more

RipGO! gets moving

Imation will launch a digital audio player that burns mini-CDRs. The RipGO! player, to be launched in the spring of next year, uses 185MB mini-CD-R discs to store data. The player supports MP3 and WMA formats and you can expect to get around three to six hours of audio on a disc (depending on the compression rate you opt for). ...more

AMD launches 'next generation' Opterons

AMD has announced a new range of what it is calling 'Next-Generation' Opteron processors. The company has announced three models in the range with a top clock speed of 2.6GHz. ...more