Leopard is the next OS X big cat

The next version of OS X will be codenamed Leopard and released either late 2006 or early 2007 to coincide with the debut of Microsoft's Longhorn. OS X 10.5 will be the first upgrade after the first Intel-based Macs start to become available, although a tweaked version of 10. ...more

Jobs slams 'greedy' music bosses

Steve Jobs has slammed record industry bosses for trying to raise music downloads prices. The Apple CEO said any rise would turn users back towards unauthorised file sharing networks. 'If they want to raise the prices, it means that they are getting greedy,' he said. ...more

IBM,HP, Sun, Intel to promote grid computing

Several of the world's largest server manufacturers are joining together to develop better technologies to build grid networks. Formed out of the Globus Alliance, the Globus Consortium will seek to apply the principles of grid computng to the commercial world. The companies so far named as part of the Consortium are IBM, Sun, Hewlett Packard and Intel. ...more

Evesham outraged by Compaq contract

UK PC vendor Evesham.com has spoken out over the Government handing a ?2m PC contract to Compaq. Members of Parliament are now restricted to buying their PCs from US company Compaq, which has recently cut 700 jobs at its Erskine fab in Scotland to move operations to Czechoslovakia. ...more

Lufthansa begins trial of mile-high broadband access

LH418 is not another acronym for a new technology. It is the Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to Washington DC that will now offer passengers in-flight broadband Internet access. The new service will be available today to all passengers on Lufthansa flying between Frankfurt and Washington, with the free three-month trial running until 15 April. ...more