Yahoo! to launch its own blogging service

Internet portal Yahoo! has finally announced its long-awaited move into the blogging arena. The company says that it will be making a version of its Yahoo! 360 'Web log and social networking service' to a restricted number of users from March 29th. At the moment, the name of the game with Internet portals is to integrate a number of existing services into a compelling single package. ...more

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Here's wishing everyone a lovely Christmas, and a happy, healthy and successful 2007! As always, thanks to all those who have helped with the site - whether posting comments or giving us feedback - but special thanks to all our forum moderators! In particular we should mention gullyg and timark, for their endeavours beyond the call of duty. ...more

BT plugs SDSL into 150 exchanges

BT has announced that following successful trials SDSL broadband services will be available at 150 exchanges in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffiled, York, Birmingham and 'key locations' throughout Scotland. SDSL provide equal bandwidth both up- and downstream and is aimed squarely at business customers, as the prices reflect: ?170 per month for 512Kbit/sec, ?230 for 1Mbps and ?345 for 2Mbps. The connection charge is ?595, not including a router. ...more

UPDATE 2: Apple updates iTunes

Apple has updated its iTunes jukebox software, ahead of the first birthday of the online iTunes Music Store later today. iTunes 4.5 is a free upgrade and adds several new features, detailed in the online help. ...more

Inland Revenue can't hack IT

The Inland Revenue has joined the growing list of government departments that have proved incapable of handling the challenges of the information age. The Revenue suspended its online self-assessment service last week, after various glitches were discovered in its systems. One of the errors resulted in the tax figures of a small number of users being calculated incorrectly, although it is not clear which taxpayers have been affected. ...more