Blair Witch online, the sequel

A webcast to promote the sequel to last year's blockbuster The Blair Witch Project seems to have hit it big on the Web, attracting 100,000 users in its first six hours online. The original Blair Witch, made for only $30,000, went on to gross $245m worldwide with the success of the film being widely attributed to a buzz that began on the Internet. The 64-hour live webcast began last week and can be accessed at www. ...more

Sun and Microsoft slug it out over ODF

Sun's CEO Jonathan Schwartz has predicted that the Open Document Format will become the default document format of the future. In his blog, Schwartz outlined the importance of an open standards-based document format where its life span is not tied to that of the software used to access it. 'Information always outlives technology,' he wrote. ...more

Video: HP unveils the future of sat nav

Want a satellite navigation device that not only tells you to turn left at the next corner but shows you an interactive landscape of the street ahead? Or how about playing a 3D action game on real streets? This is HP's vision for location-based handheld technology, and PC Pro's Dave Stevenson has been given a hands-on trial on the streets of Shanghai. See the Mediascape technology in action here: var movieurl = 'http://www.autoexpress. ...more

Computex 2004: Apple eyes 60GB iPod courtesy of Toshiba

Apple has been identified as one of the first customers for new 60GB 1.8in hard drives from Toshiba. These are the drives that are used within the standard iPods (the iPod Minis use a 1in Hitachi drive). ...more

Music industry bangs DRM drum

Following the high-profile PR disaster for Sony, and for digital rights management (DRM) in general, towards the end of last year, the music industry has begun a campaign to convince music buyers that DRM is in the best interests of everyone. In an article setting out the record company's case, Dr Richard Gooch, deputy director of Technology for the IFPI, the industry's main international body, argues that while it has an unlovable title and an even more unlovable acronym, digital rights management is the most pressing issue in the digital music scene, and vital to its future. 'DRM is driving new flexible music services for consumers in the digital market,' he writes. ...more