Gaming currency exchange opens

The global financial markets can add a new member to the fold as the Gaming Open Market opens today, trading simoleans, therebucks, L$, platinum and gold among others. The currencies are not of this world, however, but from the virtual realms of online gaming - a market where the value of trades across eBay's gaming trading category alone is estimated to be worth nearly ?5mn in 2003. The Gaming Open Market offers currency trading between gamers of The Sims Online, Star Wars Galaxies, Horizons: Empire of Istaria, Second Life, There and Ultima Online, with further games being added in the future. ...more

Transmeta-based laptops go to launch

Fujitsu is expected to announce the launch of its first Crusoe-based laptop PC today. The Biblio Loox S and Biblio Loox T will be available from November, but exclusively in Japan. The power-saving PCs will have eight hour battery lives and weigh in at 2. ...more

9-12-2000 Essential news of the week

Catch up on the essential news of this week and find out what the movers and shakers of the IT industry have been up to by clicking on the stories below. Opera's browser is going free Christmas comes early for Windows Media Player 7 users PalmPalm launch Linux mobile phone ?1.6bn Freeserve@Wanadoo. ...more

Windows apps CrossOver to Mac

Codeweavers has released a limited beta version of CrossOver Mac, software that enables Windows applications and games to run on Intel Macs. Unlike dual-boot and virtualisation environments that require the purchase and installation of a copy of Windows, CrossOver integrates with OS X to enable Windows apps to run within the Mac operating system. 'CrossOver Mac will be the very best way to run your Windows applications on your Intel Mac,' said Codeweavers' CEO Jeremy White. ...more

Old media strong, new media weak for AOL

Reports of a slight profit by AOL/Time Warner are overshadowed by news that the company is to restate two years of financial results following an 'internal review'. The giant 'new media'/'old media' amalgam has announced that revenues for the two year period were overstated by $190m. The Internet division - America Online - accounted for $168m of this total, due to a reduction of advertising revenues. ...more