Parthus on the integrated Bluetooth trail again

Parthus announced new Bluetooth-integrated products at the Bluetooth Developers Conference yesterday. It demonstrated the first Bluetooth-enabled MP3 player, integrating its BlueStream (Bluetooth) and MediaStream (multimedia) platforms, which allows peer-to-peer and peer-to-multi-peer file sharing. This means users could share their audio files wirelessly using products based on this technology. ...more

UK MPs on spam trip to the US

Hot on the heels of the UK's opt-in spam-canning moves, a delegation of parliamentary MPs and members of the APIG (all party Internet group) are US-bound to lobby US lawmakers on legislating against spam. e-Envoy Andrew Pinder will join members of APIG, including Derek Wyatt MP, Brian White MP and Andrew Miller MP, in a three-day meeting with US Senators and officials to try and bring US spam law in line with the tighter controls being put in place in the UK and EU. In particular, they are looking for the US to agree an opt-in policy, where users opt in to receiving unsolicited correspondence, rather than having to opt out. ...more

Nintendo Dual Screen date for Sony duel

Nintendo has announced the European release date and pricing for its new handheld console. The Dual Screen, which has already been released in Japan and America, will be officially launched in Europe on Friday March 11, at a price of 149 euros. We translate this to be ?103. ...more

AOL UK dumps the Mac

In what will be perceived as a snub to Apple's efforts to increase acceptance of Mac OS X, AOL UK has confirmed that it has halted its effort to Carbonise its access software. The decision means that Mac users will have to boot back into Mac OS 9 in order to access AOL's network. The company released a beta version of its software for Mac OS X earlier in the year to a select group of users. ...more

BT cuts prices to drive SDSL take-up

BT is to halve the connection charge for SDSL broadband services for a limited period. Between 21 October 2004 and 24 February 2005 the activation fee will be cut from ?450 to ?225. The announcement follows the doubling of the number of exchanges that can provide synchronous services, bringing the total to 300. ...more