Oversupply forces down LCD prices

Flat panel display and TV prices may drop sharply over the next few months due to higher than expected over supply. A survey by iSuppli has found that oversupply will be an estimated 6.2 per cent in the fourth quarter of the year. ...more

Sasser and Netsky author is sentenced

The author of some of the most malevolent computer virus attacks - Sasser and Netsky - has been put on probation for one year and nine months. The sentence came at the end of a four-day trial in Verden, North Germany. Jaschan was tried as a minor - he was just 17 when the attacks began - and because of this, and because it was his first offence, he has escaped a custodial sentence and will walk free from the court. ...more

Nokia pushes multimedia to the messagers

Nokia makes multimedia messaging available to 'old' phones. With over 50 billion SMS messages sent globally in the first quarter this year, it's no wonder Nokia are counting on this enthusiastic group to become early consumer adopters for GPRS and 3G. Pekka Salonoja, Vice President, Server Software Products, Nokia: "Within the industry legacy phone support plays a crucial role in the initial deployment of multimedia messaging services. ...more

Scottish minnow trumps Seattle leviathan

Front Page, a Scottish graphic design agency, is celebrating victory in its five-year legal struggle with Microsoft for the right to continue to use its name, which is shared with the Web design application. A hearing at the Trade Mark Registry in London ruled that Microsoft's objections to the agency's name were unfounded and ordered the US company to pay the Scots' five figure legal bill. Microsoft had objected to the Scottish company's use of the Front Page name in conjunction with its Web site design activities, but the hearing determined that the company had established the right to use the name before Microsoft introduced its Front Page software in the UK. ...more

IM connects with enterprise

Microsoft yesterday launched a version of its Instant Messenger client for corporates. Named MSN Messenger Connect, the software enables companies to manage how Instant Messenger is used. It allows the issuing of 'namespaces', so employees can message each other using their real names, rather than having to choose a unique username. ...more