Spanish police arrest six in porn investigation

Spanish police have arrested six people in a clampdown on Internet child pornography. They also closed down 62 Net 'communities' where pornography was being exchanged, Reuters reports. Investigators discovered 2,870 Internet users in 40 countries who were involved in the distribution of images and videos leading to the arrests in Spain. ...more

Apple gives Windows run of Mac hardware

Apple has released software that enables its new Intel Macs to run Windows XP. Apple has released software that enables its new Intel Macs to run Windows XP. Available as a public beta, Boot Camp lets users restart in either XP or OS X; it is not an emulation environment like Microsoft's Virtual PC, which is not yet - and now may never be - available for Intel-based Macs. ...more

Iomega promises storage 'revolution'

Iomega has announced a new removable drive system, which it says provides a cost-effective alternative to tape backups. The REV system can store up to 90GB of compressed data (35GB uncompressed) on removable hard drives no bigger than a pack of cards. In the past, removable hard drive systems have proved too expensive to supplant tapes for mass data storage and backups. ...more

Nikon launches new digital cameras

Camera manufacturer Nikon has announced a new addition to its CoolPix digital camera range. The CoolPix 995 supersedes the 990 and is a 3.34 megapixel digital still camera with an image resolution of 2048 x 1536 and a 4x zoom. ...more

Intel and Microsoft add a pinch of Salt to speech apps

Industry giants collaborate on Speech Application Language Tags (SALT) for talking over the Web. The initiative will involve reference designs for both software and hardware speech technologies. The idea is to enable businesses, such as ISVs (independent software vendors) and OEMs (original equipment manufacturers), to more easily build and deploy telephony and speech application systems. ...more