eBay enjoys the Webby Awards 2003

The Webby Awards for 2003 have been announced. Winners of the seventh annual online Oscars include eBay (Services), Lonely Planet Online (Travel), rathergood.com (Weird) and Amazon. ...more

Red Hat and IBM to take Linux to emerging markets

Red Hat and Big Blue are setting up a joint initiative to promote the development and adoption of Linux solutions in emerging markets. The strategy is principally aimed at the booming economies of China, India and South Korea, although the companies say they intend to spread the message worldwide. IBM and Red Hat are promising to provide technical backup to software developers around the world with additional resources, expertise and implementation services to help them port and certify new applications to IBM software and hardware and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. ...more

Analysis: MAC codes hijack wantaway customers

Migration Authority Codes (MACs) were supposed to streamline the arduous process of moving from one broadband provider to another. Instead, they remain a source of frustration, because service providers avoid giving them out in a selfish bid to retain customers. Switching broadband ISPs often results in weeks with no service, but a MAC should speed up the process from four weeks to ten days. ...more

Investigation of Apple Samsung Flash deal confirmed

South Korea has confirmed that it has begun an investigation into accusations that Samsung has charged Apple unfairly low prices for Flash memory chips. 'We are investigating whether Samsung has been unfairly supplying Flash memory chips to Apple at cheaper prices than applied to domestic music player makers,' a spokesman for the country's Fair Trade Commission explained. Samsung, however, did not appear too concerned. ...more

Commodore 64 revives to a new lease of life

Those nostalgic for the halcyon age of home computing will be pleased to learn that the Commodore 64 is back in the shops. At a penny less than ?30, the Commodore 64 is reincarnated as a 'Direct to TV' model. Although it features the original operating system, coders won't be able to relive their bygone Basic days. ...more