UPDATED: Pioneer admits to faulty DVD-R drives

A number of Pioneer-manufactured DVD-R drives "may cause damage to both the loaded disc and to the drive/recorder" if used with new, faster DVD media. The company has issued a statement detailing which drive mechanisms and DVD players are affected, which PC manufacturers use them and where you can download the fix. The problem is not with the 4x DVD-R or 2x DVD-RW media, but with the drive itself. ...more

Web site delivers sermons

In this day and age being a vicar is not an easy vocation. Someone has tried, however, to make life a little simpler for the gentlemen (and gentlewomen) of the cloth. A Web-based sermon delivery service has been created. ...more

Bluetooth 2.1 simplifies pairing and cuts power consumption

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has finalised the specification for version 2.1 of the wireless communications standard and announced that it will now be released to device and software makers. Bluetooth 2. ...more

Email has lowest response in marketing campaigns

Email is one of the least effective methods of getting response to marketing campaigns. With only the sixth highest response rate which at 1.12 per cent email marketing lies well behind other methods of getting potential customers to respond The most effective is telemarketing at 5. ...more

SCO pulls IBM's Unix licence

SCO has filed an injunction against IBM, revoking its right to use or sell its AIX Unix-based operating system. The injunction also contains an amendment that seeks damages with regard to revenues IBM earned from sales of AIX post the 100-day deadline that expired last Friday. 'IBM has chosen to continue the actions that violate our source code and distribution agreements,' said Darl McBride, President and CEO of The SCO Group. ...more