Adobe takes Flex open source

Adobe will be making its Flex web application development technology open source, the company announced today. The source code to key elements of the Flex platform is already available in its SDK, and Adobe plans to have a full open source site complete with project planning, bug tracking and source code management tools available by the end of 2007. Part of Adobe's developer friendly approach, Flex's new open source development process is intended to build on existing developer community relations. ...more

Kitchen computer connects you while you cook

Entertainment unit with designs on your kitchen. Salton Europe, a manufacturer of smart appliances, has announced it will make its iCEBOX entertainment unit available in UK retail stores this year. Built on Microsoft's Windows CE . ...more

Bulldog to remain at master's side

Cable & Wireless' UK boss John Pluthero has scotched rumours that the company is about to sell the retail side of its Bulldog broadband service. Pluthero, who has just taken over as the head of C&W's UK business, said that the company is happy with the revenues from the LLU-based broadband provider. Bulldog has more than doubled its number of customers since August 2005, from 48,000 to 107,000, giving it around 30 per cent of the UK local loop unbundling (LLU) market. ...more

iSkin to give iPod Bluetooth features

iSkin will begin shipping Cerulean, a line of Bluetooth audio streaming add-ons for the iPod and Mac, in May. The Cerulean TX attaches to an iPod's Dock connector to give it stereo streaming features, without using either batteries or drivers. Docking its partner, the Cerulean RX, with a set of standard iPod speakers turns them into an output for the TX-connected device, whether an iPod or a Mac or PC. ...more

Microsoft name drops Palladium

Microsoft has abandoned the codename Palladium for its controversial hardware and software security initiative. Instead, reports The New York Times the company favours the less-catchy term 'next-generation secure computing base.' According to the report, Microsoft always intended to change the title - which is not unusual for a codename. ...more