Rivals accuse BT of stifling Broadband Britain
News The members of the Broadband Industry Group want BT's market share cut back in the name of innovation, but BT finds the claim 'incredible'
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Friday 26/03/2004 Ack! Just before lunchtime, the whole editorial team is shocked out of its intense copy-centric concentration by a fusillade of feeps and bleeps from their PCs. It is Outlook,...
Star ASP wears on-demand clothing
News UK ISP Star is using IBM's on-demand infrastructure to revive the concept of application service provisioning
Yahoo acquires Kelkoo
News Yahoo has fired another salvo in its ongoing rivalry with Google by snapping up the European price-comparison site
Toshiba preps Centrino price cut
News Wireless connectivity is becoming a must-have for laptops, helping to drive down the cost of embracing Wi-Fi
UN examines potential Net regulation role
Analysis A dramatic change in the way the Internet is governed could be on the way, as the UN starts to examine how it sees the future of the Web
Thunderbolt and lightning, very very... cooling?
News Scientists are working on a method to cool down chips that is based on the same principles as an electrical storm
Intel and Alcatel form WiMax alliance
News Wireless equipment capable of offering connection speeds of up to 70Mbps to homes and offices could be on sale in the second half of next year
US government awards Lucent $75m Iraq contract
News The company is to set up wireless and landline telephone services for the police and other services in Iraq
Poweroid 1200
Review If you need an almost-silent computer, then a PC built around the fanless Zalman TNN 500A case, such as the Poweroid 1200, is currently the state of the art.
Chinese PC firm picks Athlon64
News AMD is making another move in the expanding Chinese market with the announcement that the Founder Group has signed up to use its processors
UK ISPs clean up their act
News UK ISPs now host less than 1 percent of potentially illegal child-abuse material, according to latest research. But the perpetrators are simply choosing offshore hosts where legislation is more...
Greenpeace UK makes 'sensible' switch to Linux
News Greenpeace UK has updated its IT systems and chosen to use Linux in three of its four systems because it was the 'sensible' choice
HP jumps on patent lawsuit bandwagon
News HP is suing Gateway over alleged patent infringement in the first action to come from its intellectual property group, which was formed to increase licensing of its technology portfolio
Left-handers get their own input devices
News The SpaceMouse, SpaceBall and other left-handed input devices from 3Dconnexion are based on technology developed to control robot arms on a NASA space shuttle
Infineon chief quits, but doesn't say why
News Ulrich Schumacher, who is credited with helping the chipmaker regain its footing last year, has stepped down unexpectedly. The company has given no reason for the shock resignation
US attempt to extradite 'DrinkorDie pirate' blocked
News The ruling could be a significant setback for US prosecutors, who have invested considerable resources into tracking down elements of DrinkorDie and other Net 'warez' groups

