Mobile phone sales up 22 per cent

Worldwide mobile phone sales totalled 205.4 million units in the third quarter of 2005, up 22 per cent against the equivalent period last year, according to industry analyst Gartner. Although some might think that the mobile phone market in North America and Western Europe has long since reached saturation, Gartner says that the growth represents the biggest quarter since it began recording the market in 2001. ...more

SCO meets IBM Interrogatories deadline, waiting on other information

SCO has filed a 'Notice of Compliance with Court Order' in response to the order to compel discovery granted to IBM, but says that due to 'certain officers and directors' being away for Christmas there are some files it expects to submit at a later date. In SCO's press release it describes its response as only answering 'certain interrogatories', and in the notice it says it may need to 'supplement or amend' its answers to the interrogatories as the investigation continues. In particular, it is unclear whether SCO has managed to 'identify and state with specificity the source code(s) that SCO is claiming form the basis of their action against IBM', as requested in the order. ...more

Remastered Beatles on iTunes in 2008

Beatles fans will probably have to wait until next year before they can buy the Fab Four's tunes from online retailers such as Apple's iTunes store, George Harrison's widow has said. A recent settlement to a lengthy trademark dispute between Apple and the Beatles' company, Apple Corps, has cleared the way for the band to distribute its catalogue in cyberspace. But Olivia Harrison told Reuters, 'We just have a few things to work out elsewhere. ...more

Teenage eBay scammer jailed for three years

A US teenager has been jailed for nearly three years and ordered to repay $20,000 of his ill-gotten gains after being caught operating a scam on online auction site eBay. Nineteen-year-old Cole Bartiromo pleaded guilty to offering items on the site which were never shipped to the buyer and to bank fraud for trying to dupe bank staff into cashing checks and sending the money to an offshore account he had set up. He was sentenced in a Federal court to 33 months. ...more

Microsoft subdued in latest financial results

Microsoft counts its profit in the billions, but fails to meet its earnings forecast and plays down expectations for the next three months... ...more