Record industry raids Kazaa offices
The Australian record industry raided the offices of music internet group Kazaa as part of legal action aimed at shutting down the popular site. Kazaa is the world's largest file sharing network, and is owned and distributed in Australia by Sharman Networks. The Federal Court on Thursday granted the music... Read on »
Next Linux kernel gets Aussie animal name
The next release of the Linux kernel will be named after an Australian animal following a frenzied bidding war at Linux.conf.au 2004 in Adelaide. As part of the Penguin Dinner held for attendees on the Friday night at the conference, organisers auctioned off a T-shirt signed by all the participating... Read on »
Next GTA Game Gets a Date
Take-Two have announced that the next GTA title will be ready at the end of Q4, 2004. Speaking at a conference in New York, T2's Executive VP, Cindi Buckwalter, announced that the game is expected in "in the back half of 2004, Q4." She decided however, not to put rumours... Read on »
Lindows wants MS to pay up the full $1.1B
Lindows.com announces MSfreePC, a web service designed to help Microsoft customers process their settlement claims from the $1.1 billion settlement Microsoft has... Read on »
BetaPlace Down for Maintenance on Saturday, August 2nd
Just a heads up in case you are wondering on August 2nd why won't be able to get into betaplace... The beta... Read on »
AIM 5.2.3277
America Online has just launched a new version of their popular AIM software.<ul>New Features in 5.2 (Final) are: Encrypted IM Send IMs to Mobile Phones Enhanced File Transfer and Direct IM IM Forwarding</ul> Download: AIM 5.2.3277 (Slow) View: What's New News source: In-House... Read on »
Trojan Hijacks PCs to Peddle Porn
Thanks <b>Mr. Black</b> and <b>QuickReply</b> for the heads up on this one. Spammers based in Russia are using stealth and a sophisticated new Trojan horse program to turn home workstations into unwitting hosts in a pornography and spam distribution ring, say security experts. The deceptive and potentially illegal practice came... Read on »
Consumers want PCs to deliver all home entertainment
British consumers want to put the PC at the heart of their home entertainment systems, a survey conducted by UK polling organisation Mori has concluded. That result will no doubt come as music to the ears of Microsoft - that's what its Windows XP Media Center Edition is all about,... Read on »
Anti-hacking law creates 'headache' for companies
Businesses are unprepared for a new law under which they must notify customers if personal data is compromised, say legal experts. A new California law requiring companies to notify customers if their computerised personal data is stolen will be difficult to comply with because companies may not always know when... Read on »
AOL to Sell 64 Percent China TV Stake to Li Firm
U.S. media titan AOL Time Warner is selling a 64 percent stake in its China TV unit to a firm backed by Asia's richest man Li Ka-shing for US$37 million, Li's tom.com said on Wednesday. AOL's decision to sell its controlling stake in China Entertainment Television (CETV) continues a pullback... Read on »
New anti-piracy checks on Terminator 2 DVD
A recent reissue of the blockbuster Terminator 2 contains a DVD-ROM version of the movie with a new anti-piracy technique: 5-day viewing licenses issued over the Internet. The new digital rights management (DRM) system also looks up a PC's Internet address--if the computer has a non-U.S. number, playback of the... Read on »
Court Says Aimster Must Stay Offline
Aimster, the online service being sued by major record labels for allowing its users to copy songs for free, must remain shut down until it can prove its users do more than illegally trade copyrighted material, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday. The ruling by the Seventh Circuit Court... Read on »
Exchange, Office Release Schedules Diverge as Exchange Hits
Late Monday, Microsoft announced the completion of Exchange Server 2003, its upcoming new messaging server. Exchange 2003 was originally scheduled for release alongside related products such as Microsoft Office 2003, but diverging development cycles altered that schedule. Now, Office 2003 and its Exchange-related Outlook 2003 client will be released to... Read on »
AOL Encrypts Instant Messaging
The latest version of AOL Instant Messenger introduces secure instant messages, as AOL attempts to improve its appeal to businesses America Online released on Monday an updated version of its AOL Instant Messenger service that offers client-to-client encryption. AOL is partnering with VeriSign to provide the feature in AIM 5.2,... Read on »
New Java aims to simplify
Sun Microsystems released a new version of its Java for desktop computers on Friday that aims to make the software faster, more familiar in appearance, and less daunting for nonprogrammers. Among other changes, the new version 1.4.2 of Java 2 Standard Edition will include buttons, menu bars, and other graphical... Read on »
Media Player Classic 6.4.5.6
Media Player Classic is similar to Windows Media Player 6.4 but with features pertained to minimalist advanced users. It also supports DirectX 9 and VFW drivers for capture. It supports viewing through ActiveX controls of Real and QuickTime files. Download: Media Player Classic 6.4.5.6 (Freeware,679kb, 2k/xp) Download: Media Player Classic... Read on »
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