DaimlerChrysler wants SCO suit thrown out

DaimlerChrysler has asked the judge to dismiss SCO's suit against it, in which the Unix company alleged the car maker hadn't complied with its request to prove it was using Unix software in accordance with the licence. DaimlerChrysler denies breaching the contract, which it claims was not made with SCO in the first place, and says it has provided SCO with the certification it asked for. Furthermore, it says that Novell has acted on behalf of SCO - which it claims certain retained rights as a previous owner of Unix allow it to do - and barred SCO from bringing these charges. ...more

Apple and EMI announce DRM-free iTunes downloads

EMI has announced that it is both removing copy protection from its entire music catalogue, and selling higher-quality editions of every song to which it owns the rights. The first outlet through which the DRM-free, higher-quality tracks will be sold is Apple's iTunes Store. They will appear in May. ...more

Sandisk launches range of digital camera memory cards

US manufacturer SanDisk Corporation has announced it is going to launch its range of SanDisk Ultra II CompactFlash and SD flash memory cards into Europe. The new cards for digital cameras are said to offer high performance and high durability under extreme temperatures and conditions. SanDisk Ultra II cards are claimed to offer a minimum write speed of 9Mb per second and a minimum read speed of 10Mb/sec. ...more

Help predict global warming on your PC

PC users around the world have the chance to help predict the effects of global warming. The initiative run by climateprediction.net aims to use hundreds of computers, each running their own climate prediction model, to study the likely consequences of climate change over the coming century. ...more

FBI worms its way into criminal communications

When is a virus, not a virus? When it's written by the FBI. Reuters reports that an FBI spokesman has confirmed that the US government is working on a project, codenamed Magic Lantern, that will log the key-strokes made on infected machines and enable the FBI to track communications made using it. Remember the recent W32. ...more