Updated: Novell accepts $536 million to settle anti-trust case with Microsoft

Novell has settled its long-standing NetWare anti-trust claim with Microsoft - to the tune of $536 - but in the same announcement reveals plans to launch a second claim relating to WordPerfect. Under terms of the settlement, in exchange for the cash payment, Novell has dropped its suit alleging that Microsoft illegally used its near monopoly of the PC operating system market to force Netware out of the market. As part ot the agreement novell will withdraw its intervention in the European Commission's case with Microsoft. ...more

AOL gets HP source

A joint venture has been agreed between America Online and Hewlett-Packard (HP) to spice up a number of AOL brands with HP's printing expertise. The most uninspired addition to AOL and CompuServe will be a print button, allowing users to print email, My Calendar pages, Address Book data and Web pages. There will also be a "Print Center" in the Computing channel of AOL, Netscape Netcenter and CompuServe that will let users explore new printing projects, such as printing out select Web sites in a customised newspaper format. ...more

Nokia plans WiMAX handsets for 2008

Nokia has announced that it will introduce its first WiMAX-enabled phone early next year. In a brief statement the Finnish company said that it is dedicating significant research an development to WiMAX, and supports efforts to make it a global broadband standard. 'The combination of WiMAX broadband technology and Web 2. ...more

IE7 beta is the bait for Grum malware

Despite the full version of IE7 being released last October, hackers are trying to deceive users to download malware posing as a beta version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7. Emails delivered to unsuspecting users pretend to come from admin@microsoft.com with a subject line such as 'Internet Explorer 7 Downloads'. ...more

Critical flaw found in Publisher

Microsoft's security bulletin and patches are relatively light this month. The company is only addressing three issues concerning its software and only one of these is deemed to be 'critical'. The critical vulnerability is found in Microsoft Publisher - although only for Publisher 2000. ...more