Quark announces CopyDesk

Quark has announced the release of CopyDesk SE, its copy editing accompaniment to XPress. Currently available only in the US, the software will only be released on this side of the Atlantic in "a few more months," once it has been "adapted and reengineered for the European market," according to a Quark spokesperson. CopyDesk features the same text processing tools as XPress, enabling copy fitting and typographic editing to be carried out without the encumbrance of the larger program's graphic features. ...more

Apple eyes Samsung's flash memory

Apple is planning to buy as much as 40 per cent of Samsung's entire flash memory output in the second half of 2005, according to research firm iSuppli. The memory, it says, will be used in a new flash-based iPod mini, though it could equally be deployed in higher capacity iPod shuffles. 'We're not sure now many of the new iPods Apple can sell this holiday season, but 40 per cent would be the maximum in terms of their demand,' Nam Hyung Kim, an analyst at iSuppli, told Reuters. ...more

Microsoft seeks to command and control scripting

IT Forum, Barcelona: Microsoft today announced the official release of its command-line Windows scripting tool, Powershell. It's designed to address the age-old complaint that Unix and Linux users have access to far more powerful command-line tools than Windows power users have ever had with the old DOS-based Command Prompt. The software's available to download from Microsoft's official Powershell site. ...more

IBM gets busy in the server wars

The battle to be top dog in the e-business server market continues. IBM has updated the pSeries range of eServers with a 24-processor p680 UNIX server. The eServer pSeries 680 - to give its full name - is the latest version of IBM's rebranded RS/6000 computer line. ...more

UPDATED: Axe drops on Apple's eMac

Apple has confirmed that it is no longer selling eMacs through its online store, although the eMac page on its website is still live. Apple said that the eMac is still a current product, but is now available exclusively on its education online store though it may still be available through other outlets. The machine was introduced in May 2002 and originally was only available to education customers although a month later Apple decided to sell it to anyone who wanted it. ...more