UPDATED: FileMaker 7 takes many guises

FileMaker has announced the release of FileMaker Pro 7, describing it as the most significant new version of FileMaker Pro ever, with breakthroughs in ease-of-use, customisability and developer productivity. The company also unveiled the new FileMaker Pro 7 product line: FileMaker Developer 7, availbale now and the following to ship in the summer, FileMaker Server 7, FileMaker Server 7 Advanced and FileMaker Mobile 7. FileMaker Pro 7 lets users import, store and export any file or document PDFs, Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint files, digital images, video, music and more within new, flexible Container fields. ...more

Nominet to tighten rules on .me.uk domains

UK domain name registry, Nominet is reviewing the operation of the .me.uk second level domain (SLD) which was launched in January last year. ...more

Quark licenses cross-platform installations

Quark has continued the liberalisation of its licensing terms for QuarkXPress by permitting a single licence to be used on both Mac OS X and Windows machines. Until now, a licence could be used to install the application on two machines - nominally a desktop and portable - but they had to be running on the same platform. Last month Quark introduced a License Transfer feature that lets users deactivate and activate the software themselves, so that licences can be moved from one machine to another without the need to call Quark Technical Support. ...more

UK moves up the broadband charts

The much increased acceleration in the rate of broadband take-up in the UK over the past year has lifted the country to 14th place in the OECD's league table. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development broadband statistics for 2004 show that in December the UK had 6,256,300 connections, around 10.5 per cent of the population, putting it 10th among European countries and 14th overall. ...more

Wave bye-bye to small ISPs

There's no longer any room for the small-fry in the UK Internet access market, according to analyst Forrester Research. In its report, entitled UK Virtual ISPs: RIP, Forrester predicts that a handful of large telecommunications companies will dominate the Internet service provider market within a few years. Its research points to the demise of the Virtual ISP (VISP) model employed by the majority of UK service providers, and is based in part on recent aggressive moves by the likes of BT and ntl. ...more