Internet paedophile "predator" gets five years

A paedophile was jailed for five years yesterday for luring a 13-year-old girl to his home for sex after gaining her trust in an Internet chat room. Patrick Green, 33, from Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, was arrested on his way to Cumbria to meet a 14-year-old girl he had befriended, posing as a teenage boy, in a chat room called Younger Girls for Older Men. Green was sentenced to five years on four counts of unlawful sex with a child, one charge of attempted intercourse and two counts of indecent assault at Aylesbury crown court. ...more

Sun's Scott McNealy steps aside

Sun's Scott McNealy has stepped aside to hand the CEO seat to Jonathan Schwartz McNealy will continue in his role of chairman of the systems giant, which he co-founded in 1982, while Schwartz is elevated from COO to CEO and retains his title of president. McNealy is now tasked with pushing market expansion and Sun's government and academic relations, heading up Sun Federal Inc., which focuses exclusively on US government business. ...more

UPDATED: FileMaker 7 takes many guises

FileMaker has announced the release of FileMaker Pro 7, describing it as the most significant new version of FileMaker Pro ever, with breakthroughs in ease-of-use, customisability and developer productivity. The company also unveiled the new FileMaker Pro 7 product line: FileMaker Developer 7, availbale now and the following to ship in the summer, FileMaker Server 7, FileMaker Server 7 Advanced and FileMaker Mobile 7. FileMaker Pro 7 lets users import, store and export any file or document PDFs, Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint files, digital images, video, music and more within new, flexible Container fields. ...more

Dixons posts strong results, bucks IT trend

Dixons has proved that not every technology retailer must embrace disaster with a five per cent increase in profits in the twelve months ending 28 April. The high street darling produced results at the upper end of analysts' estimates, which is remarkable considering nearly every other retailer dealing with IT products has issued profit warnings and revised estimates. These results exclude the sale of ISP Freeserve to France's Wanadoo, which raised a profit of ?1 billion for shareholders. ...more

Sources say Microsoft to face heavy fines from EU

Microsoft is facing stiff fines after an EU advisory committee found the company has broken European Union antitrust law, according a report by Reuters. The decision is likely to be announced as negotiations between the EU and Microsoft over a compromise are said to have stalled. The Committee is expected to recommend a fine running to hundreds of millions of euros, at its next meeting on 22 March. ...more