Free Java with JBuilder 4 Foundation

Borland has released a Foundation edition of its new version of JBuilder, and it's freely available for download. With a full-featured IDE (integrated development environment), JBuilder 4 Foundation allows you to build, debug and deploy Java 2 applications. As well as employing the Java 2 JDK 1. ...more

Apple to license FairPlay DRM for iPod?

Certain copy-protectd CDs may soon be compatible with iTunes and iPods, according to a report that Macrovision may be about to license Apple's FairPlay rights management software. If Macrovision is successful in gaining a licence from Apple, it would be able to include compressed AAC files alongside those encoded in Windows Media on CDs protected by its CDS-300 DRM software. Any agreement would make sense for Apple, as the deployment of copy-protection on CDs seems set to increase now that the software developers have overcome early teething problems that prevented many CDS from playing in computers. ...more

Analysis: Websites struggling for legal recourse for DoS attacks

Websites blocked by ISPs when under a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) face millions of pounds in lost business because ISPs refuse to take responsibility for hosting infected computers on their networks. Typically, a distributed denial of service attack relies on an attacker remotely controlling numerous and widely distributed computers infected by viruses and Trojans. The attacker uses these 'botnets' to send a flood of requests to a website, which is often unable to cope and its servers fail, taking the website offline. ...more

UPDATED: Apple launches iTunes for Windows

Apple has launched its iTunes digital jukebox software for Windows. Renowned for its ease-of-use, the software enables you to organise your digital music from one simple interface. The software provides several standards-based encoding options, including MP3, AAC and AIFF, and can burn music CDs from your custom playlists with just one click. ...more

Novell: Open Source software will revolutionise the industry

During his keynote at the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco yesterday, Novell's Vice Chairman Chris Stone, said that the choice and freedom for end users that Open Source software makes possible will revolutionise the industry. 'Open Source offers [customers] the flexibility to change.. ...more