UK games chart: Cricket bats away an outbreak of Resident Evil

Nothing can dislodge Brian Lara from the crease in this week's ELSPA UK games chart. Codemaster's cricket game for the PC, PS2 and Xbox, continues to benefit from the sterling efforts of England in the Ashes series. Activision's multi-format movie spin-off Madagascar also keeps up the pace, retaining the number two position. ...more

IBM first with 64-bit Java

If you want to play with 64-bit Java, you will have to head over to an AIX UNIX system. Trumpeting its arrival ahead of equivalent offerings for Sun's Solaris or HP's HP-UX, IBM claims the 64-bit version of Java "provides a new dimension of scalability for data-intensive operations". This version of Java is particularly relevant for use with large databases and data-intensive scientific applications that require access to large amounts of memory. ...more

Novell and IBM speed up Linux apps for SUSE

Novell-owned SUSE is to hand out copies of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and documentation to independent software houses building software on the SUSE distribution of Linux. For its part IBM is to open up nine IBM Innovation Centers in North America, Europe and Asia to enable products to be certified quickly for the SUSE Linux on IBM hardware and software. 'The momentum behind Linux is growing daily,' said IBM's Buell Duncan, general manager of ISV and Developer Relations. ...more

DMCA version 2.0 released

File sharers in the US could face spend more time in gaol than people convicted for manslaughter if a proposed extension to the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act is adopted. DMCA 2.0 would set a maximum prison sentence of 10 years for 'non-commercial copyright infringement'. ...more

Intel puts the 'n' in Centrino

Intel has updated the wireless component inside its Centrino laptop platform. In the technology trinity of processor, chipset and wireless networking, Intel has adopted 802.11n for the Wi-Fi comms. ...more