Movie, music industries petition court over file-sharing
In the latest battle in the filesharing war, the movie and music industries have petitioned the US Supreme Court to overturn an appellate court decision that gave the green light to software firms to trade copyrighted material. More...

Users prefer thin clients: Wyse survey
Thin client vendor Wyse Technology has been travelling Australia promoting a recent survey that suggests most users actually do prefer server-centric computing to desktop PCs. More...

Yahoo profits quadruple in the third quarter
Yahoo this week said profits almost quadrupled in the third quarter, reflecting a healthy online advertising market and the sale of its stake in Google. More...

Novell warns against potential Linux lawsuits
Novell executives this week fired a warning shot in the continuing industry battle over software patent lawsuits. More...

EMC execs see big opportunities from Dantz acquisition
EMC said this week that it has bought back-up and recovery software maker Dantz Development for about US$50 million in cash. More...

Gates sees fivefold growth in media PC sales
In launching the third version of Windows Media Center OS this week, Microsoft chairman and chief Software Architect Bill Gates said he expects sales to exceed by four or five times the one million copies of Windows Media Center previously sold by the company. More...