PowerBook powers up to 800MHz

Apple has revamped its PowerBook line-up, adding two new 800MHz models and incorporating an enhanced 1280x854 15.2 inch display. At the entry level is a 667MHz PowerBook with 256MB RAM, a 30GB hard disk and a DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive, selling for ?2,149 (ex. ...more

SCO: 'the GPL violates the U.S. Constitution'

SCO filed a response to the allegations contained in IBM's countersuit on Friday, claiming that the GPL licence under which Linux is distributed is unenforceable and 'violates the U.S. Constitution'. ...more

Dell and IBM see revenue growth for the server market

The global value of the server market was $12.3bn in the last three months of 2002, according to the latest figures from IDC. Although this represents a year-on-year decline of 5. ...more

Google cuts Sketchup price by 100 per cent

Having acquired renowned 3D application SketchUp earlier this year, Google is planning to make its version of the software available for free. The full, Pro version, by contrast, costs €495, so Google's offer is a more-than-generous introduction to software that has consistently garnered good reviews in MacUser. A Windows version can already be downloaded from sketchup. ...more

Cahoot takes credit card prize

Abbey National's Cahoot has been voted the best online credit card by research firm Gomez. Credit card services were judged on overall cost, ease of use, customer confidence, on-site resources and relationship services. The Co-op Bank's Smile got the next highest score while Egg, Marbles, Intelligent Finance and Barclaycard did well. ...more