eBook hacker supporters to petition US embassy

London pro-hacker demo planned for tomorrow. Between 30 to 50 supporters of eBook hacker Dmitry Sklyarov will demonstrate in front of the US Embassy in London tomorrow, protesting against the software developer's arrest last month. The author of the Advanced eBook Processor is still being held in a Las Vegas jail, following the DefCon 2001 hacker conference. ...more

Bulldog puts the WiFi into self-install

ADSL provider Bulldog has launched a self-install WiFi networking kit designed for homes and small businesses that want to share a broadband connection. The kit comprises a D-Link DSL-604+ wireless router, D-Link DWL-650+ wireless PCMCIA card or D-Link DWL-120 wireless USB adapter, and two D-Link 20MF microfilters. The wireless router is a combined ADSL modem, IP router, 4-port 10/100 Mbit/sec Ethernet switch and wireless access point, allowing both fixed and wireless network configurations. ...more

ANALYSIS: Bad credit record

It's both the Internet's biggest burden and its biggest source of unwanted publicity, but attitudes towards the Web's role in supporting networks of paedophiles could be changing. High-profile arrests of well-known celebrities linked with paedophilic material are no longer followed by media witch-hunts blaming new technology for the spread of these abhorrent crimes. Rather, the police's investigating practices send out a message to anyone misusing the Web - if their credit card details have been passed across the Net, the cops could come knocking. ...more

Napster hires bank to look into sale options

Napster has appointed a major US bank to investigate its options in the wake of renewed takeover interest. UBS will look into the possibilities of either selling the digital music service or forming partnerships with other companies. Chris Gorog, Napster's CEO, said that interest in a possible acquisition had risen following an upsurge in the company's performance, notably after its launch of a free, advertising-supported music service saw it cut its losses by $10 million in the last quarter. ...more

Vodafone breaks through 200 million customers

Against the backdrop of year-on-year revenue growth of more than five per cent, the mobile giant now boasts a customer base of more than 200 million. Vodafone yesterday announced that it added an extra 8.7 million customers to its books in the last three months of 2006, helping its overall customer base to swell to more than 200 million users. ...more