Thunderbird 0.7 takes flight

The Mozilla Organisation has released the latest version of its standalone email sofware. As reported yesterday, Thunderbird 0.7 includes performance improvements on all platforms, though pre-binding support gives an extra boost in Mac OS X, multiple identities, improved IMAP support, an extensions Manager and improved junk mail handling. ...more

Google finds a profit

You can't make money out of the Internet these days, can you? Well, makers of the search engine Google have managed it. The exact degree of profitability is not being disclosed, but the new CEO Eric Schmidt has revealed that the company has had a profit on operations for the last two quarters. News of Google's profitability emerged following the official unveiling of Schmidt yesterday. ...more

DirectX 8.0 is out tomorrow

The latest version of Microsoft's DirectX 8.0 is complete and will be available for download from tomorrow (11 November). The latest version will be freely available from the DirectX Web site here and the Software Development Kit will be available from here. ...more

Russia cracks down on music site

Russian authorities have recommended that a website offering DRM-free music downloads, should face copyright infringement charges Allofmp3.com has around 300,000 songs for sale, some of which is not available through any of the 'authorised' Web stores. This includes songs by The Beatles, who have never given approval for their work to be available online. ...more

Dell goes slim and wireless with new Axim 3

Dell has announced the Axim 3 range of handheld products that are slimmer and more stylish than their X5 brethren, but still priced to compete with Palm at the value end. Top-priced ?229 Axim X3i features the latest Intel XScale chip at 400MHz, 64MB of both SDRAM and ROM memory, plus in-built WiFi 802.11b wireless. ...more