McAfee cries foul over Vista APIs

Security firm McAfee has accused Microsoft of reneging on its promises to open up the Vista operating system to other vendors. McAfee says that Redmond has failed to keep agreements made with the European Union last week. The deal was struck as Microsoft tried to head off the possibility that it would not be able to launch Vista in Europe at the same time as the rest of the world. ...more

More WAP phone fun

Picofun has developed the first multiplayer WAP game for the general packet radio system (GPRS). The new game is called Fight Arena and sees the player taking on the mantle of one of fifteen characters, each with different abilities and weaponry. The game is packed with over 100 individual full-screen images and will allow players to challenge opponents in a matter of moments. ...more

AMD issues flurry of subpoenas to OEMs

AMD has issued a blizzard of subpoenas in the US in an attempt to gather evidence to back up its long running allegations of abuse of monopoly power by Intel. The company has issued fifteen subpoenas to companies throughout the US ranging from the biggest manufacturers including Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and IBM through to distributors and retailers such as Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA and Fry's Electronics. Earlier this year AMD issued a lawsuit against Intel naming 38 firms that AMD alleges have been victims of coercion by Intel, including large scale computer-makers, small system-builders, wholesale distributors and retailers, 'through seven types of illegality across three continents. ...more

Apple takes a surprise Safari on Windows

Apple has once again caught the computer industry by surprise by launching its Safari web browser on Windows. The company's chief executive, Steve Jobs, claims Safari will be Windows' fastest browser, rendering pages at twice the speed of Internet Explorer and up to 1.6 times faster than Firefox. ...more

More ISPs cut broadband prices

Two more ISPs have announced cuts in the prices of their home broadband Internet services in the wake of cost cuts announced by BT on Tuesday. Apple UK's preferred ISP Demon Internet has introduced the new price at the same time as announcing its self-install package. Demon Express Solo will cost ?28. ...more