UK Online joins 24Mbps ADSL+ rollout

UK Online has become the second ISP to announce the imminent availability of an ADSL+ service in the UK. Less than a year ago the ISP was the first to begin offering maxed-out ASDL at 8Mbps when most were still stuck at 512Kbps. Since then 2Mbps has become the norm and 18Mbps (24Mbps theoretical max) reflects the transformation of the market in 2005, due in a large part to the growth of LLU-based services. ...more

Nildram signs up for 8Mbps ADSL

Nildram is the latest ISP to begin offering 8Mbps ADSL speeds, having signed up to BT's Max broadband trial. All Nildram Broadband2gO, Broadband2gOLite and Broadband2 customers connected to the 25 exchanges that are participating in the first phase of the trial will automatically be upgraded from 1 December. Customers connected to the further 39 exchanges that will be added to the trial in January will also get the faster speed as it becomes available. ...more

Adobe adds RAW power to Photoshop

Adobe has released Camera Raw updates for the Mac and Windows flavours of Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. The updates add support for the Raw image formats of four new cameras - Canon EOS Rebel XT (EOS 350D/EOS Kiss Digital N), Nikon D2X, Olympus EVOLT E-300 and Olympus C-7070 Wide Zoom - and an updated DNG Converter utility for converting the Raw files into Adobe's digital negative (DNG) format. It is available for Adobe Creative Studio 2, Photoshop CS2 and Photoshop Elements 3. ...more

Google to launch eBay competitor?

Google watchers were agog when a new service from the world's biggest search engine briefly made an appearance and then disappeared again. The service called Google Base appeared to be a classified advertising service that would allow users to post their items for sale. The page itself explained that Google Base allows users to 'add all types of content. ...more

BT boss rails against regulators

BT chief executive Ben Verwaayen has launched an attack on European telecom regulators, saying that they are to blame for the lack of 100 per cent broadband coverage, reports ZDNet UK. Speaking in London this week, he accused them of having a narrowband approach to broadband issues and failing to back risk-takers. Unlike narrowband, he said, broadband comes in several forms - ADSL, cable, 3G and satellite for example - and should not be subject to the same restrictions. ...more