Borland builds up Java with JBuilder 4

A new version of Borland's Java development tool, JBuilder 4, focuses on the building of e-business applications and their deployment to Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications servers. JBuilder 4 is a pure Java environment. As well as integration with the Inprise Application Server, it supports BEA's WebLogic server for providing scaleable e-business systems. ...more

Microsoft launches Virtual Server 2005

Microsoft has released it Virtual Server 2005 that allows multiple copies of its Windows Server 2003 operating system to run on a single processor. The software, which is similar to mainframe programs going back decades, allows companies to be more flexible in the use of their hardware and not have to manage an application with a single server. Thus, companies can stack several applications - often those that don't require too much processor time - on a single machine. ...more

Spanish courts order closure of Weblisten downloads store

Spanish courts have ordered the closure of the Weblisten downloads store, following a lawsuit by the country's music royalties collection service, AGEDI. The website had been selling music since 1997 with licences from publishers, but not from record labels, and maintained that it was operating legally. However at the court hearing earlier this week it admitted criminal copyright infringement. ...more

AOL closes deal to put Flat Rate in every high street

AOL UK has teamed up with European retail group Kingfisher to distribute co-branded software for AOL's unmetered access package Flat Rate. The software will be made available in Kingfisher's 2,000 Comet, B&Q, Woolworths and Superdrug stores throughout the UK. In return, Kingfisher will get B&Q's range of home and garden goods promoted on AOL's online shopping sites, which include Netscape Online and CompuServe. ...more

FireWire given Apple leg-up

Growth in the variety and number of FireWire devices available should be on the increase following the release of a new developer kit. Apple has made its FireWire Reference Platform free to developers, following its April acquisition of Zayante, which used to charge for the kit. FireWire is a technology originally developed by Apple to connect various devices to computers and to each other. ...more