Microsoft vision of modelling draws cool response from Open Source leader

Open Source leader Bruce Perens has said that Bill Gates' vision of customisable software won't put Microsoft products on the same footing as Open Source software, which allows users access to the source code so it can be modified to meet their needs. Speaking at the Gartner Symposium in San Diego, California on Monday, Microsoft's Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Bill Gates outlined a change in the way Microsoft's products are built and work which will show up over the next few years - initially in the next release of Visual Studio. Gates defined it as 'visual modelling' and described it as 'expressing - without code - exactly what the steps are that need to take place'. ...more

Dell sells AMD processors

After 20 years of being an Intel only seller of computers, a change has finally appeared in the product line of the world's biggest PC manufacturer. Hidden away on the Dell USA site are AMD processors. The Dell US site is offering a total of six Athlon 64 processors for sale ranging from the single core 2. ...more

Your Palm on your wrist

A new wristwatch running the Palm OS has been unveiled. The Fossil Wrist PDA with Palm OS runs Palm OS 4.1 on a mono, 160x160 pixel display. ...more

Spamhaus names and shames world's most prolific spammers

Just ten people account for 80 per cent of the world's spam according to anti-spam organisation Spamhaus. Half of the perpetrators hail from Eastern Europe. Top of the pile, according to Spamhaus, is Ukrainian Alex Polyakov (aka Alex Blood/Alexander Mosh/AlekseyB). ...more

Microsoft bids to overturn record EU fine

Microsoft is to go to the European Courts this week in a bid to overturn the record fine and conditions imposed by the EU after it found that the company had engaged in anti-competitive practices. Following the decision Microsoft was fined a record half a billion euros and told to open the Windows APIs to rival server manufacturers such as Sun Microsystems and remove Media Player from copies of Windows XP shipped in Europe. In a statement a Microsoft spokesman said 'As we indicated in March, when the European Union issued its decision, Microsoft will appeal the ruling. ...more