Toshiba rewrites the notebook

Toshiba announces its first DVD-RW notebook The Satellite 5200 notebook series comes in two flavours: the 801, which features the DVD-burning drive, and the 701, which features a CD-RW combo. They are priced at ?2,499 and ?1,999 inc VAT respectively. Both feature Mobile Pentium 4 chips (2. ...more

Customer grumbles prompt Microsoft to extend its Step-up Licence promotion

In the face of continuing customer discontent over its Software Assurance (SA) programme, Microsoft has decided to make its Step-up Licence promotion a permanent part of its licensing programme. The Enterprise Edition Step-up License was due to expire at the end of August. Corporate customers with Software Assurance, an Enterprise Agreement, Select License or Open License Value can choose to upgrade from Standard Edition software to Professional or Enterprise Edition software while keeping their Software Assurance coverage on a given product. ...more

Commentator predicts failure for the iPhone

'There is no likelihood that Apple can be successful in a business this competitive.' That's the view of industry commentator John C Dvorak, talking about Apple's entry into the mobile phone market. Dvorak, who is well known for his strong views on Apple, its activities and its products, was writing on investment site MarketWatch, and outlined a market undergoing strong consolidation that would see just two companies - Motorola and Nokia - dominate all others. ...more

French clothing store pilots porn ads

A French clothing company is out to prove the surprising insight that sex sells and that on the Internet it is possible to show more sex - and presumably shift more product. According to a report in the LA Times Shai clothing has started showing French porn stars cavorting in the buff on a circular bed in a bid to interest the punters in ?60 T-shirts. The ads are also interactive. ...more

Tim O'Reilly interview - O'Reilly on Linux (part 1)

O'Reilly & Associates is celebrating its 25th birthday this year. To mark the event - and coinciding with a visit of Tim O'Reilly to London - we put the important questions to him regarding the battle between IBM and SCO, the fate of Linux, his involvement in the world of open source, and his love of science fiction.. ...more