Netscape 7 due today

AOL is poised to release Netscape 7, the latest version of its Web browser, undoubtedly hoping that the release will help to revive the software's flagging fortunes. The latest StatMarket survey of Web browser usage found that just 3.4 per cent of Internet users choose Netscape, down from 13 per cent a year ago and from 32 per cent in 1999. ...more

New Intel compiler support for Prescott

Intel Corporation has released its next generation of C++ and Fortran compilers for its whole range of processors. The company claims that it provides a single environment for development for Itanium, Xeon, Pentium and Intel Personal Internet Client Architecture for mobile phones and PDAs. The compilers support the soon-to-be-released `Prescott` processor which are said to enhance graphics and other processor-intensive applications. ...more

Apple fails Greenpeace environmental survey

Apple Computer is lambasted for its use of toxic chemicals in a new survey conducted by the environmental group Greenpeace. Apple Computer performed badly in the environmental rankings coming in at 11th place with Greenpeace rating the company with 'Low scores on almost all criteria'. However, the company's recent record has been patchy - earlier this year a shareholder complained that Apple lobbied against legislation that would force computer makers to fund most of the cost of recycling. ...more

Record label boss accuses Apple of not caring about the record industry

Record label boss and iTunes refusenik Tony Brummel has accused Apple of not caring about the record industry and called for labels to stop supplying content for the company's music store. In an editorial for Hits, Brummel, who has steadfastly refused to licence any content from his Victory Records label, asks why the record companies agreed to provide free [sic] content to Apple without negotiating a cut of iPod revenues 'Without the music industry, their site and their iPods are useless,' he claims. 'Since when do record companies give their content away without extracting an advance?' he asks. ...more

Broadband continues its UK ascent

Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that always-on broadband connections now account for more than five per cent of Net-access in the UK. The 5.3 per cent figure for ADSL access in the UK shows a 15. ...more