Adobe unable to find copies in copyright trial

Adobe can't find any proof of illegal activity in test-case copyright trial. In the second day of testimonial in the test-bed trial of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), an Adobe engineer has admitted that the company it hasn't been able to find any illegally copied eBooks made with the ElcomSoft's Advanced eBook Processor program. Another erstwhile Adobe employee, Daryl Spano, testified that while Adobe receives hundreds of tip-offs of pirated material, the company was unable to follow up all of them. ...more

Fujifilm announces three cameras

Fujifilm has lined up the FinePix A205S, S5000 Zoom and S7000 Zoom cameras for an autumn launch. Opening with the A205S, Fujifilm is hoping to attract the novice photographer with a 3x optical zoom, a 2megapixel CCD, a video-out connection to pipe pictures straight to your telly and long battery life. Available in September, Fujifilm has yet to price the camera, although with 2megapixel cameras currently around the ?200 mark, expect a competitive figure. ...more

SGI allies with Intel for Linux-based NASA supercomputer

NASA has turned to Silicon Graphics and Intel to build what is described as one of the world's largest Linux-based supercomputers. Built on a total of 10,240 Intel Itanium 2 processors, the Space Exploration Simulator will consist of 20 512-processor SGI Altix systems. And there will be 500-terabytes of data storage. ...more

Power Mac ad banned in UK

Apple's TV advertisement for the Power Mac G5 has been banned after eight complaints about the claim that it is 'the world's fastest, most powerful computer'. The Independent Television Commission has ruled that the ad is 'misleading' and can no longer be shown. Apple insists that the tests used to justify its claims were 'fair and even', but the ITC agreed with the complainants who said that the tests were weighted in the Mac's favour. ...more

HP prints to the screen

HP enters the digital projector market with two new models. Dubbed 'the brightest and the lightest', the HP digital projectors sb21 (top) and xb31 (bottom) are targeted at 'mobile professionals'. The sb21 - 'for the mobile professional who needs a high quality image in a compact design' - weighs one kilo (2. ...more