Borland's new model of Togetherness boosts .Net development

'Bringing affordable modelling to the masses' is Borland's claim for its new programming support tool, Together Edition for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET v2.0. ...more

BT Broadband dips below ?20

BT has launched a 'no-frills' wires-only 512K broadband service which will cost just ?19.99 a month. However, 'BT Broadband Basic' customers will still have to pay a ?30 connection fee and buy a ?50 modem both of which are currently free to customers of the existing BT Broadband and BT Yahoo! Broadband services. ...more

Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft under fire in Washington

America's technology giants have 'enthusiastically volunteered for China's censorship brigade'. The heated remarks came during a hearing of the US House of Representatives international relations sub-committee in which some of the US's biggest Internet companies came under fire over their dealings in China. The major search engines Yahoo!, Google and MSN along with Internet hardware company Cisco have been asked by the Committee to explain their business practices in the People's Republic. ...more

UK games chart: Mini revival for Halo 2

It's very much 'as you were' for this week's ELSPA UK games chart - we are still in the shadow of Christmas. For the top five there is little movement, except that Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 4 inches in at number five, swapping places with Ubi Soft's Prince of Persia: Warrior Within. Need For Speed: Underground 2 and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas continue to top of the pile The major mover and shaker is Microsoft's Xbox console game Halo 2 (pictured), which jumps back in to the top twenty. ...more

Sony launches portable Net and TV device

Sony says it has produced the Walkman of the new Millennium - the Airboard. The gadget allows you to surf the Net, send e-mails and watch TV from a 10.4 inch screen, which incorporates a touchpad. ...more