VideoWave opens Windows to DVD

Roxio has updated its movie and DVD authoring suite: VideoWave 7 Pro. The company claims that it 'provides everything consumers need to easily turn raw video footage into compelling home movies ready to watch on the PC, via the Internet or DVD players'. As well as an updated user interface, the new release includes a media management system (for organising and viewing video clips, photos and audio files), a label creation tool (for designing and printing disc labels and inserts) and a smart capture utility that works consistently across different media sources, including CD, DVD-Video, scanner, video and photo cameras. ...more

Microsoft split on Office for rivals

Microsoft is continuing to take a very different approach to the two main rivals to its operating system when it comes to its Office productivity suite. While chairman Bill Gates is happy to extol the virtues of the Mac version, the company has denied claims that it will be forced to port the software to Linux. Gates told the LA Times newspaper that Microsoft is an 'ecumenical' bunch of people. ...more

Nominet proposes changes to SLD creation

The UK domain name registry Nominet is asking the Internet community what changes should be made to the creation of new Second Level Domains (SLD) within .uk. An SLD is a domain name such as . ...more

CES: Interview with the CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association

People should no longer consider the battle for the living room as a face off between the likes of Microsoft and traditional TV manufacturers said the chief executive of the Consumer Electronics Association. But Shapiro admitted he was surprised at Bill Gates' claims over the number of Media Centre PCs sold. Gates claimed in his keynote speech on Wednesday night that 1. ...more

Sony brings Palm OS5 in large-screen Cli

Sony announces the Cli? NX70V with the largest ever screen resolution for a handheld - 320x480. The NX70V sports Palm's swanky OS5 and takes advantage of ARM chip compatibility to feature a 200Mhz chip under the hood. The fast processor improves the quality of video playback and users can take videos and still images with the integrated camera, which offers a 2x digital zoom. ...more