CeBIT 2007: Wacom signs off digital signatures

Pen tablet specialist Wacom showed off its signature prototype at Germany's CeBIT show, which captures biometric profiles with handwritten digital signatures. The handwriting signature product is aimed at companies needing to authenticate documents, whether for internal use, or as part of the transaction process with their customers. Users sign on a 5in LCD display with a pen stylus. ...more

A new way to program the Web

Yet another programming language? Well the publicity devoted to Curl - the new hybrid of HTML and Java for generating Web content - is explained by one of its backers being none other than Tim Berners-Lee. The man who effectively created the World Wide Web is one of financial backers of the project and $52 million has already been raised as capital by Curl (the company). The language itself emerged from the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) on a government funded research project, and 12 of the original founders are MIT-connected. ...more

Comment: ADSL price fixing

BT claims to have sorted ADSL costs, but the move is likely to hamper competition at the root of the UK's broadband infrastructure. Two years ago, the unbundling of the local loop was touted as the final hurdle in de-monopolising BT and providing the UK with a competitive Internet market in which network providers could compete to provide for the ISP community. As cheaper broadband is now with us, end users can't help but hope we're finally on track to meet Tony Blair's vision of Broadband Britain. ...more

UPDATED: Apple reveals extent of legal proceedings

Apple has submitted its latest filing to the Securities and Exchanges Commission, which reveals that during the three month period covered it was engaged in 17 different legal proceedings. The 10-Q filing for the quarter ending 27 December is primarily a 'state of play' document outlining the companies financial position - in a word healthy. But tucked away at the end are brief outlines of the ongoing disputes. ...more

Microsoft eyes business process management with BizTalk

Microsoft has announced the imminent release of BizTalk Server 2004. Part of the Windows Server family, it is business automation software that covers business to business communications, application integration and business process management (BPM). Applications built with BizTalk Server 2004 run on the Microsoft . ...more