Movie industry targets the internet in piracy battle
The movie industry this week said it plans to start suing later this month people who have illegally swapped movies on the internet, saying the practice represents the greatest economic threat ever faced by the industry. More...

SGI touts supercomputer for Japan
SGI said a customer in Japan will soon introduce an SGI Altix supercomputer based on 2048 Intel Itanium 2 processors that will have more than 13 terabytes of memory -- "the world's largest memory capacity," according to the firm. More...

Linux Networx lands US$40m funding
Linux Networx closed on a US$40 million funding this week and unveiled a new scalable storage system engineered for use with its Linux Networx computing systems. More...

US spammer sentenced to nine years
A North Carolina man was sentenced this week to a nine year jail term for spamming millions of America Online users, America's first felony conviction for spewing junk mail. More...