Broadband specialist Pipex buys up Homecall

LLU broadband specialist Pipex has bought up comms company Caudwell Communications to take control of its Homecall business. Pipex doesn't say how much it paid for Caudwell. The company includes a ?43m bank debt, which Pipex says it has paid off. ...more

IBM extends the Power5 entry-level Unix server range

IBM has extended the Power5 range downwards with a new model aimed squarely at the entry level Unix server market. IBM sees the new eServer p5 510 as either for first time Unix server customers or for larger companies looking to deploy low cost machines across branches. The 510 will be offered in a 1- to 2-way rack with a 1. ...more

Scandinavia set to change iTunes terms

Sweden and Denmark are poised to follow Norway's lead and force Apple to change the terms and conditions of the local iTunes Music Stores. Both country's have ombudsman investigating whether the T&Cs violate consumer rights laws. An announcement by the Swedish ombudsman is expected very soon, with Denmark planning to make a ruling at a later date. ...more

Let's make the movie right here

Budding Spielbergs out there may be interested in Pinnacle Systems' Studio DVClip. The software for making DV (digital video) / Digital 8 movies comes with an IEEE1394 FireWire card for capturing footage from a camcorder and is a budget version of Pinnacle's full Studio software. Supporting the import of AVI, WAV, MP3, BMP, JPG, PCT, TGA, TIF, and WMF files, it comes with most of the video capture and editing features of Studio. ...more

Update: SCO clarifies IBM suit

Darl C. McBride, president and CEO, and Chris Sontag, senior vice president and general manager of SCOsource gave a teleconference this afternoon in which they confirmed that their $1bn beef was just with IBM. 'This is not about the Linux community and we're not going after them,' said Sontag. ...more