Bounty offered over sex.com

Just when you thought that the case surrounding the ownership of the sex.com domain name was over, another bizarre twist presents itself. If you've not been following the case, you might not be aware of the story so far. ...more

MX success fuels Macromedia profits

The success of Macromedia's MX applications contributed to a healthy profit for the last three months. For the financial quarter ending 31 December 2002 Macromedia reported revenues of $82.6m, up nearly 13 per cent on the year. ...more

SCO sets sail with flagship OpenServer 6

Unix company SCO has announced OpenServer 6, its flagship product, and one it hopes will help rejuvenate an ailing Unix market. It describes the product as the result of many years and millions of dollars worth of development and has certainly convinced the likes of HP, who will be selling a range of ProLiant servers running the Unix platform. 'As the worldwide market share leader of SCO Unix installations, HP is focused on delivering the latest technologies to HP ProLiant customers,' said Paul Miller, vice president of marketing, Industry Standard Servers, HP. ...more

Software makes 2D into 3D

A UK-based company has released a software package that can generate 3D models straight from photographs. D-Vision Works has announced its D Sculptor package, which can make photo realistic 3D models of a range of objects using a set of photographs. The user needs to take between 10 and 25 photos of the object they want to model and scan each photo into the software. ...more

Oftel names and shames the telcos

Oftel has published a complaints charts for the fixed line, mobile and broadband providers. An Oftel spokesperson said that the regulator's consumer representation section makes a record of each complaint and can help direct them to the right people. He said they regularly meet with companies to see how they are dealing with any issues, too. ...more