29th March 2003 Archive

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Sun's Linux distro is dead

Er, long live Linux

Sun Microsystems' branded Linux distribution has been extinguished before it ever even caught a light. The company will go with "standard distributions" instead. Sun refused to utter the words Red Hat and SuSE, but we are quite sure those are the "standard distributions" which it intends to offer on 32-bit hardware. …

Software 29 Mar 2003, 00:04
Palm to contest game patent suit

I've sunk your battleship

Palm tells us that it will "vigorously contest" the patent filed against it by Peer To Peer Systems. As we reported earlier today, the patent is wideranging and affects multiplayer games over an "ad-hoc, wireless, all-to-all broadcast network." Peer To Peer Systems LLC has also filed suit against Illinois-based wireless games …

Personal 29 Mar 2003, 00:52
Orange, Voda invest in phone OS

All-Java

Orange and Vodafone have spent $3m on a useful bargaining chip, by investing in Java phone company SavaJe. SavaJe is writing a MIDP Java-based platform and says devices will be on the market by the end of the year. The UI reference specifies 220x176 screen devices with no touch screen, an alternative to Nokia's Series 60. When …

Mobile 29 Mar 2003, 00:53
Tech writer iced for expressing opinion

Not 'objective'

Much-loved computer columnist Henry Norr has been suspended by the Hearst Corporation - owners of The San Francisco Chronicle - for expressing political views on his day off. Along with two thousand other citizens, including the former head of the Pacific Stock Exchange, Norr was arrested in San Francisco last week as he was …

Bootnotes 29 Mar 2003, 22:46
Hi-tech enamel ‘obsolete’

Letters But fangs for the memory...

Opening Sun's Pandora's Box Scott McNealy's PhotoShopped chops continue to alarm readers. He looks nothing like this in real life, we must stress, but an overzealous graphic artist has blessed Sun's CEO with dentistry capable of Shock and Awe. Reader Mike Whittaker asks if Laurie Anderson provided an inspiration. Well, compare …

Bootnotes 29 Mar 2003, 23:33