Microsoft to add Data Protection Server to Windows Server family

Microsoft has announced that it is to add a Data Protection Server to its Windows Server System. The product, which the company has slated to launch in the second half of 2005, is the company's first entry into the disk-based backup and recovery market The product is designed to operate with Server 2003, Windows Storage Server 2003 and Active Directory and is aimed at companies with between five and 49 servers to manage. Once up and running, Microsoft's disk-based solution will monitor each server that logs all changes made to a disk. ...more

VeriSign subject to further legal attacks

VeriSign's 'Domain Name Expiration Notice' marketing campaign is filling up its wardrobe with law suits for every occasion. The latest suit on the hanger is courtesy of Go Daddy Software, the sixth largest domain name registrar, who objected to the campaign and has filed a suit alleging VeriSign tricked its customers into transferring domains to VeriSign and paying $29 per domain, as opposed to $8.95 charged by Go Daddy. ...more

Gaming comes to life?

PlayStation gamers with over sore thumbs may soon have an alternative to the dextrously demanding controller. The Thrustmaster FightingArena comprises a floor mat and two upright poles fitted with sensors designed to pick up the movements of a human body. So throw a real punch or kick out between the poles and your PlayStation alter ego mimics your every move. ...more

Intel's future is 3D

Higher processor performance, with greater power efficiency, is promised by Intel's research in transistor design. As opposed to traditional 'flat' transistors, Intel suggests a future for a 3D design. Transistors, of course, are the mini On-Off switches that are combined to build microprocessors. ...more

Analyst: Intel Macs could appear in January

Apple may release its first Intel Macs as early as January, according to UBS Investment Research analyst Ben Reitzes. Noting that Intel plans to launch its Yonah dual-core mobile processor at the start of 2006, Reitzes suggest that Steve Jobs traditional new year curtain raiser - his keynote address to the Macworld Expo in San Francisco - may provide the platform for an Intel-driven Mac mini to be unveiled. He based his prediction on talks with Intel's Semiconductor Research Team, who indicated that the Yonah would be ideally suited to the compact desktop and possibly the iBook. ...more