VoIP operators face setbacks in US telephony market

VoIP operators' face a significant setback in their attempts to capture the US telephony market. Under Federal Communications Commission rules they have until 29 November to ensure that they can route 911 emergency calls directly to despatchers and provide them with the location of the caller. However before that they must inform customers about types of 911 services available. ...more

Judge finds DVD X Copy breaches DMCA

A Californian court has sided with the movie industry in a ruling involving 321 Studios, the maker of DVD backup software. The federal court found in favour of MGM STUDIOS, which is leading the case, that 321's software put it in breach of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The court ignored a claim for the 'fair use' of the software in making backups. ...more

Pocket PC ads under FTC scrutiny

Microsoft is again on the wrong side of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which is looking into its recent advertising campaign for the Pocket PC platform. The print campaign that began in April last year outlined a number of Pocket PC functions, including accessing the Net. The adverts asked "Can your Palm Do That?", but the correct answer was "No, and neither can Pocket PC". ...more

Profitability stays out of reach for AMD

A growth in sales and reduced costs have not proved enough to get AMD back in the black, according to its latest quarterly financial report. The company reported a net loss of $140mn for the three months ending 29 June, 2003. This is slightly less than the net loss of $146mn in the previous three months and an improvement on the $185mn reported from the same period a year ago. ...more

Sun opens its OpenSolaris operating system

Sun Microsystems officially unveiled its OpenSolaris operating system, based on Solaris 10 code. The open-source platform will form the future code-base of Sun's proprietary Solaris operating system, and will be distributed under Sun's OSI-approved CDDL (Common Development and Distribution Licence). Sun has talked up open-sourcing Solaris ever since the build up to Solaris 10, and with yesterday's launch, just crept in within its second quarter deadline. ...more