Interview: HP-Compaq merger opens door for Dell?

Following Dell's launch of its ultra-small desktop OptiPlex SX260, we caught up with Pierre Vigna, Dell's Director of Desktops EMEA. Martin Hingley, VP of IDC's European Systems Group has said things weren't going to improve for the industry in 2003. What is Dell's view of the immediate future? Pierre Vigna: The feeling is that we do not see a massive pick up right now. ...more

The XML development continues

Oracle has released a new version of its XML Developer's Kit (Oracle XDK). It contains the basic building blocks for reading and manipulating XML documents. Increasingly important, XML is a self-defining markup language that can preserve logical relationships within data, over and above the literal screen painting abilities of HTML. ...more

Kazaa sues its most vocal supporter

Peer-to-peer pioneer Kazaa has taken time out from its attempt to stay in business in the face of record industry lawsuits to sue one of its most vocal supporters. In one of the most bizarre legal developments of the year, Kazaa CEO Nikki Hemming and its owner, Sharman Networks, are suing Jon Newton, the Canadian owner and publisher of p2p.net. ...more

OneCare rises from bottom-place ranking

Microsoft's anti-virus product OneCare is no longer bottom of the pile when it comes to the tests carried out by an independent anti-virus researcher. As reported in March, tests run by the Austrian security testing company AV Comparatives found Live OneCare only detecting 82.4 per cent of the 500,000 test samples. ...more

Walkman phones push record results

Sony Ericsson has hailed the success of its Walkman phones in reporting record results for the last financial year. The joint venture sold three million of the music playing handsets since the first one was launched in August. 'We are now seeing the benefit of our earlier investments in R&D which have enabled us to expand the product line-up and successfully appeal to new consumers with products like the Walkman phone series,' said Miles Flint, president of Sony Ericsson. ...more