Microsoft ruffles anti-trust feathers with IE-only documents

The MHT file format 'significantly limits the practical usability' of the relevant documents, claims the US Government and the seventeen states who were part of the final settlement. Microsoft, which has been forced to publish details of its software as part of its antitrust settlement, is providing the information in a form which can only be read by Internet Explorer, according to Associated Press. The US Government and the seventeen states who were part of the final settlement have complained that the MHT file format 'significantly limits the practical usability' of the published documents as it doesn't support sufficiently useful search technologies. ...more

Punters keep snapping up digicams

Worldwide sales of digital still cameras (DSCs) are projected to reach 31.45 million units this year, rising 28.1 per cent from 24. ...more

Abit dual AMD 64-bit Opteron SU-2S shows prowess as UT2K4 game server

Abit has now unveiled its latest server board for the gaming community, its SU-2S dual-AMD-Opteron server, which, according to the director of marketing at Abit, Scott Thirlwell, has now been running Unreal Tournament 2004 (UT2K4) game server for six weeks straight, with no problems. The server is using the AMD Opteron 246 series CPU and is running under Red Hat Linux Advanced Server edition, said Thirlwell. Currently, the company is working with a local Taiwan ISP that has two servers online, and Thirlwell expects a US server to be set up within the next few weeks. ...more

2-12-2000 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. A breakthrough for encryption and authentication Stay at home and watch Java on the (interactive) TV First dot-com success for unions? A guide for Children to navigate the Internet Oftel investigates BT Surf and Talk pricing 3dfx cuts prices for Christmas Cheap plastic chips on the horizon Don't forget, we welcome your comments. Just click on a story and go for the 'Comments' link on the right-hand side of the screen. ...more

French publishers target Google Book Search

A group of 400 French publishers has backed a lawsuit aimed at stopping Google from digitising copyright works for its Book Search service. The Syndicat National de l'Edition (SNE) has thrown its weight behind a suit filed by La Matini?re Group, an international publisher of illustrated books, which accuses Google of counterfeiting and demands that it stop scanning its books and pays €1 million damages. 'We know that Google is powerful, but they have to show some respect for books,' a company spokeswoman said. ...more