Documents To Go adds Office 2007 support for Palm OS handhelds

DataViz has announced the release of a new version of Documents To Go for PDAs and smartphones that adds support for the most recent version of Microsoft's Office software suite. However, while Documents To Go enables users of Palm OS-based handhelds to open and view Office 2007 Word (.docx) and Excel (. ...more

AMD settles patent dispute with Intergraph

AMD has settled its patent dispute with Intergraph Corporation concerning the alleged infringement of Intergraph's 'Clipper' cacheing technologies. Under the terms of the agreement, AMD will pay up to $25 million over the next three years. The company will pay Intergraph $10 million, plus 2 per cent of profits from its microprocessor sales between 2005-2007 up to $5 million per year up to a total of $25 million. ...more

Lasers point way to high-speed links

A 30 year old technology could be the next big thing in high volume data transfer technologies, with the emergence of commercially viable Free Space Optics. Free Space Optics (FSO) uses lasers to transfer data at speeds as high as 2.5Gb/sec. ...more

SCO invites open source people to 'monetize' Linux

In an open letter, SCO boss Darl McBride has publicly berated the open source community for the extended denial of service attacks on the SCO website and called on the community to shun its 'counter-cultural ideals' and join the company in its bid to 'monetize software technology and its underlying intellectual property for all contributors'. Although McBride used much of the letter to justify SCO's intention to charge a licence for its code that it claims is contained in Linux and to vent his anger at the community closing ranks round whoever is assailing the SCO site with DDOS attacks, the underlying message was for Linux contributors to follow SCO's lead. 'It's time for everyone else in the industry, individuals and small corporations, to understand [that few open source software vendors are profitable] and to implement our own business models - something that keeps us alive and profitable,' he wrote. ...more

Panasonic introduces DVD recorder

With DVD becoming the format of choice for the home cinema buff, enthusiasts have lauded news of a recordable DVD format. Such machines are slowly becoming a reality as Panasonic announces the DMR-E20, a DVD video recorder. The DMR-E20 is based upon the DVD-RAM and video formats agreed by the DVD forum, and is compatible with audio/video and PC applications. ...more