Sun releases J2EE 1.4 SDK

Java Today reports that Sun has published version 1.4 of its Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition SDK (software development kit), i.e. ...more

BBC digs deeper into its archives

The BBC has opened up yet more of its archive material this week. For teachers, the BBC has launched the Open Schools Archive. Content here is divided into six categories, covering geography, history, nature, politics, places and audio resources. ...more

AOL UK dumps the Mac

In what will be perceived as a snub to Apple's efforts to increase acceptance of Mac OS X, AOL UK has confirmed that it has halted its effort to Carbonise its access software. The decision means that Mac users will have to boot back into Mac OS 9 in order to access AOL's network. The company released a beta version of its software for Mac OS X earlier in the year to a select group of users. ...more

iMac goes widescreen

Apple has unveiled a new top-of-the-range iMac, with a 17 inch widescreen LCD display. The 1440x900 pixel display has the same viewing area as a 19 inch CRT monitor and is powered, for the first time in an iMac, by an nVidia GeForce 4 MX graphics card. The new model is powered by an 800MHz G4 processor and includes a SuperDrive (capable of reading and writing both DVDs and CDs), an 80Gb hard disk and 256Mb RAM. ...more

Microsoft sues Lucent over patent dispute

A complex legal case involving Lucent Technologies suing Dell and Gateway has just got more complicated. Microsoft has entered the legal fray to file a lawsuit regarding the patents central to the case. The patents relate to audio and video coding technologies and a touch-screen document editing system. ...more