Bluetooth SIG completes Core Specification 2.0

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has announced the successful completion of the first stage in its three-year roadmap for the wireless technology, with the release of Bluetooth Core Specification 2.0 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate). The new standard triples the maximum data transfer rate to 3Mbps, whilst lowering power consumption through a reduced data cycle. ...more

Microsoft shares the source

The source code for its implementation of C# and the .NET CLI (Common Language Infrastructure) has been made available by Microsoft. It has not been released as Open Source, but as 'Shared Source' (Microsoft has its own restrictions on what can be done with the code), primarily for the benefit of academic - rather than commercial - institutions. ...more

New incarnations of Firefox and Thunderbird on trial

Release candidate versions of Firefox 1.0.2 and Thunderbird 1. ...more

Iomega wirelessly networks shared storage

Iomega has unveiled a network attached storage (NAS) system designed for small business and SOHO environments, which has an integrated wireless base station hub. The NAS 100d series provides either 160GB or 250GB of shared storage that can be accessed via 100/10 wired Ethernet or 54Mbps Wi-Fi (802.11g). ...more

Finnish court frowns on Finreactor BitTorrent

A Finnish court has convicted 21 operators of the Finreactor BitTorrent of copyright offences. The operators, who were in charge of the technical operation of the system as well as the user control, were ordered to pay compensation, damages and expenses of €566,000 to rights holders. The court convicted the defendants on grounds that they were aware that nearly all the material made available by the service was infringing copyright and that they had acted wilfully. ...more