SuSE delighted big bro HP helping Linux fend off SCO

SuSE happy at HP indemnities, but feels no pressure to offer same HP's action yesterday to offer its Linux customers indemnification against any legal action from SCO has made SuSE, one of the Linux vendors used by HP, very happy. 'It's like our big brother coming to help deal with the schoolyard bully,' said Joe Eckert, VP of Corporate Communications at SuSE. However, he said that SuSE would not be doing the same: 'We just haven't felt the desire, the pressure, the need to offer this - we haven't been pressured by our customers at all,' he said. ...more

Sales up, losses down, Amazon's confidence rides high

Strong sales drive company towards the black and raise sales guidance for full year. Amazon has set out its latest set of results for the quarter ending 31 March. Headline figures revealed sales up 28 per cent across the board, to $1. ...more

An MP3 and digicam combo

Comdex is usually a major platform on which to announce new products, and this year is no exception. In the unlikely pairing of digicam and MP3 player, LG has announced the Digital Music Eye. Its 2Mb built in memory will give you 30 VGA-quality pics, but you'll have to store your tunes on a separate 64Mb MultiMediaCard. ...more

Microsoft subdued in latest financial results

Microsoft counts its profit in the billions, but fails to meet its earnings forecast and plays down expectations for the next three months... ...more

Wikipedia rejects Chinese censorship

The founder of Wikipedia has refused to bow to the Chinese government and censor entries on the world's biggest online encyclopaedia. James Wales is to meet government officials in an attempt to persuade them to lift the ban on the site which is currently blocked by the country's 'Great Firewall of China'. Wales is determined to maintain Wikipedia's independence, insisting that entries on events such as the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 are not altered to fit with the Chinese authorities' version of events. ...more