Microsoft wins eBook award

News from the world of electronic books: Microsoft has been awarded the inaugural Alan Kay Award for eBook Innovation. Mibrary, a company producing "digital library software" made the award at BookTech West 2000 in San Francisco. It's to recognise "the largest contributor to the advancement and popularisation of electronic books in the past year". ...more

MyDoom.C plans new assault on Microsoft

A new worm is hoping to use the vast network of computers infected with MyDoom.A to succeed where MyDoom.B failed and launch a DDOS attack against www. ...more

Dell gears up for going green

Dell has announced plans to triple the amount of products that it recovers from customers by the end of 2009. The objective is outlined in the company's annual report on sustainability and corporate responsibility. In addition to a threefold increase in the recovery and recycling of 'retired' computers, the company also intends to ensure global compliance with the European Union's Restriction on the use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive and enhanced product energy efficiency through improvements in product design. ...more

The week that was 5 years ago: Sony previews blue laser optical discs

Taking a look back, five years ago this week... ...more

Express takes a dim view of Web sites

Richard Desmond, the new owner of Express Newspapers, is ready to put a stop to the loss making activities of its Web sites and, if necessary, close them down. Staff running the sites have been given three choices: redundancy, redeployment or to start making the sites profitable. Currently the sites suck up ?8m a year, producing revenues of ?240,000. ...more