Microsoft rings up the purchase of VoIP specialist

Microsoft has acquired VoIP specialist Teleo for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2003, the privately held San Francisco-based company builds software that lets users click on telephone numbers displayed in software and web applications, such as Microsoft's Outlook and Internet Explorer, to make phone calls across the Internet to fixed-line and mobile phones and other computers. Teleo technologies seem destined for MSN, enhancing the voice services of MSN Messenger. ...more

Blu-ray nabs 70 per cent of high-def movie market

Blu-ray took 70 per cent of the market for high-definition movie titles in the first quarter of 2007, easily outselling the rival HD DVD format, according to figures just released by the trade magazine, Home Media. Its dominance reflects a rapid turnaround in fortunes: in January HD DVD was in front. Blu-ray took the lead in February and by March three out of every four discs sold was Blu-ray. ...more

Michael Dell keen to sell Intel-based Macs

The founder of Dell has said that he would like to sell PCs running Mac OS X. 'If Apple decides to open the Mac OS to others, we would be happy to offer it to our customers,' Michael Dell told Fortune . Fortune reports that a number of PC makers have said that they are interested in licensing OS X. ...more

Totalise provides unmetered access...and shares

Internet Service Provider Totalise has announced an unmetered access service with a unique twist. The service, unlike the abortive efforts by LineOne and CallNet, isn't free - subscribers will have to pay an initial signup fee of ?235 (including VAT) for the 'Ultimate Surf' package. In return, Totalise is offering 100 hours of Internet access per month, which can be used at peak and off-peak times. ...more

IBM breakthrough for disk drive design

Four hundred gigabyte drives are now on the horizon following a new data storage design innovation from IBM. What's more, the drives will easily fit in the palm of your hand. A new type of magnetic coating is expected to quadruple the data density of current disk drives and open new possibilities for the storage of massive multimedia content. ...more