And also today (04-August-2001), for the record...

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. New Vaios Sony has updated its Vaio range of notebooks with two new models aimed at the corporate market: the VAIO GR170K and GR150K. Both weighing 5. ...more

Poland puts a spanner in the EU adoption of software patents

A decision about the adoption of software patents as EU legislation was put on hold today with an eleventh hour dash from Poland. A draft proposal that could quite easily have allowed the broad patenting of software was due to be rubber stamped today when the Agricultural Council met today. However, Poland's minister of Information Society and Technology, Wlodzimierz Marcinski, turned up personally to the meeting to request that the proposed Directive be withdrawn from the agenda. ...more

iTunes usage doubled in 2006

The number of unique users of Apple's iTunes software rose by 47.5 per cent in 2006, easily outstripping the growth of alternative media players such as RealPlayer and Windows Media Player (WMP). The figures, compiled by WebSiteOptimization with data from Nielsen//NetRatings, show that while iTunes installations almost doubled, Real Player usage grew by 9. ...more

IT Forum 2004: Microsoft rolls out Windows-Based Hosting

Microsoft has announced general availability of Windows-Based Hosting Version 3.0, which is a platform for service providers to sell hosted offerings. Features new to version 3. ...more

Privacy organisation in hypocrisy scandal

TRUSTe, an organisation established to promote awareness of online privacy issues, has been caught violating its own code of conduct. The group operates a seal-of-approval scheme for Web sites that meet its criteria for safeguarding online privacy, and gives companies advice in writing effective privacy policies. However Interhack, an Ohio security consulting firm, recently discovered that the TRUSTe Website contained cookies (small text files used for tracking online behaviour) to profile visitors without their knowledge - a practice expressly forbidden by TRUSTe's own rules. ...more