06-04-2002 Essential news of the week

Brought neatly together and presented on a plate, here is a roundup of some of the week's main news stories from the world of IT. AOL puts the case for Windows Hollywood seeks digital standard Mobile lip-service A bus pass to the Internet The P4 just got faster AOL, BTOpenworld raise dial-up prices Sony on a chip Hewlett-Packard board to oust Walter Hewlett Everything is cool in HP's future Don't forget, we welcome your comments. Just click on a story and go for the 'Comments' link on the right-hand side of the screen. ...more

Sun juxtaposes finding and getting

Easy peer-to-peer networking on a multi-dimensional "expanded Web". This is the goal for a project, launched by Sun Microsystems, called JXTA. Essentially, the idea behind Project JXTA - pronounced "juxta" - is that as more and more content migrates to the Web the more difficult it becomes to locate and access the various resources. ...more

Half Brits go online for Christmas spree

A new study reveals the extent of online shopping in the run up to Christmas 2005. Research company IMRG states that as much as half of the adult population in the UK clicked online as sales increased 50 per cent. It seems that shoppers spent ?5 billion online during the 10-week run-up to Christmas, compared with ?3. ...more

Logitech large it

Recession? What recession? Logitech has posted its best ever results for Q3, ending December 31st, with a net income of $33m, a 67 per cent increase on the corresponding quarter of 2000. Guerrino De Luca, president and CEO, said: 'In the midst of an extremely challenging market and economy, we have delivered our best quarter yet, and we remain confident in our ability to grow across a broad spectrum of platforms and products.' He put the success down to aggressive pricing for products across a largely untapped base. ...more

Symantec to launch phone security software this summer

Symantec has told PC Pro it will be launching smartphone security software this summer. The company will offer anti-virus software for both Symbian and Windows Mobile devices, as part of its Norton 2008 product refresh in late August. The company claims the threat level on mobiles now justifies its own security suite. ...more