BT dives under the Tamar to bring ADSL to Cornish town

BT has gone underwater for its broadband rollout to Cornwall. An undersea cable has been used to bring broadband to the Cornish town of Torpoint. In a two-day operation, a kilometre of fibre optic cable was laid across the Tamar River between Devonport and Torpoint. ...more

Nobel Prize winners weigh in on anti-trust case

The period for public comments on the proposed settlement of the Microsoft anti-trust case has closed, and two Nobel Prize winning economists have weighed in against it. Both Kenneth Arrow and Joseph Stiglitz are reported to have filed affidavits as part of submissions from the ProComp organisation (partly funded by the likes of Sun and AOL). Professor Arrow has strongly criticised the settlement for failing to punish Microsoft sufficiently for its illegal conduct, failing to restore competition in the market and failings to strengthen the possibilities for future competition. ...more

IBM's patience runs out on SCO

IBM has filed a request to push through a Motion to Compel Discovery in order to get hold of the specific 'misappropriated' code it claims SCO is with-holding. The memorandum comes on the heels of a Hallowe'en conference between the two sides, where the administrative Judge handling the case ruled a final meeting would be held 21 November, to resolve the issue. After this, the discovery request would go to oral argument on 5 December if SCO still hadn't satisfied IBM's requests for SCO material that it needs to compile its defence. ...more

Google wins first tussle over ex-Microsoft employee

A US judge has cleared the way for ex-Microsoft employee Dr Kai-Fu Lee to join Google in China. However Judge Steven Gonzalez placed strict restrictions on the use of the confidential information that Dr Lee acquired while working for his former employer. He ruled that Dr Kai-Fu Lee had misled Microsoft and used some of that information when he first joined Google. ...more

Senior Microsoft engineer jumps ship to Google

A senior Microsoft engineer, responsible for the development of the .Net web services platform, has quit to join Google. Mark Lukovsky is the latest in what is becoming a steady stream of high profile engineers to make their way to Google's research labs. ...more