Compal lands orders for 15.4-inch wide-screen notebooks from Apple and Acer

Already producing Dell Computer and Hewlett-Packard's (HP) first 15.4-inch wide-screen Centrino notebooks, Compal Electronics recently landed orders to produce the first 15.4-inch wide-screen notebooks from Apple Computer and Acer, sources said. ...more

Kylix 3 - coming to a development machine near you

C++ support is combined with Delphi in the latest release of Borland's Kylix development system. As well as its Object Pascal-based Delphi language, Kylix now supports the ANSI/ISO C++ language for programmers targeting the Linux platform. It's a Rapid Application Development (RAD) environment that employs drag and drop techniques to quickly build an application. ...more

Do you believe in DJ virus

A new virus has been discovered that pays tribute to dance DJ Marco V. Order.A drops the lyrics from the song "Godd" by Marco V to the hard drive in a file called Chaos. ...more

Everquest heads to PocketPC

Is that a single-player version of EverQuest in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see us? Sony Online Entertainment has revealed more on its plans to turn almighty MMORPG EverQuest into a singleplayer game for PocketPC. Developed by Emodiv, the first part of the miniature edition is due out shortly in the US. EverQuest on PocketPC allows players to adventure in a shrunk-down version of the game-world of Norrath, featuring many familiar locations such as Freeport and the Befallen dungeon. ...more

Conferencing, the Microsoft way

Microsoft Exchange 2000 Evaluation Editions have been made available. Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server and Exchange 2000 Conferencing Server represent Microsoft's next generation of messaging and collaboration software. Exchange 2000 Enterprise Server builds on the current Exchange Server through integration with Microsoft Office 2000 and the Internet. ...more