UK games chart: FIFA 07 is number one

The long summer logjam, with Cars dominating the charts, has well and truly broken up as the autumn big-hitters begin to arrive. The Ronaldinho-fronted EA football game FIFA 07 (DS, GBA, GC, Mob, PC, PS2, PSP, Xb, Xb360) scores an early lead by going straight in at number one, in this week's ELSPA Games Chart, with Eidos's regime-changing Just Cause (PC, PS2, X360, Xb) and EA's Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 holding number two and three. Other new entries include Square Enix's Disney-based Kingdom Hearts II (PS2), straight in at number five, and the much-trumpeted Company of Heroes (PC), the real-time WWII strategy game from THQ, going in at number seven. ...more

Mobile phones get the bullet

The mobile phone has come a long way from the brick-sized models of the Yuppie era, with more features and functions than you can wave a stick at. But now, the humble mobile has been transformed into a deadly killer. Forget microwave radiation from a mobile phone killing you. ...more

Workers cost companies ?300 million on gambling

New survey finds that internet gambling at work costs firms in the UK more than ?300m each year in lost productivity. Over ?300 million is being lost in productivity as employees indulge in an online flutter at work. According to new figures released by business and technology consultancy Morse, online gambling is costing businesses ?306,236,140 each year. ...more

Sony slices 400 jobs off UK operations

Hot on the heels of yesterday's announcement that Sony was rethinking its European production plans due to a weak euro, its plant in south Wales is to shed 400 jobs despite assurances that there are no plans for closures. Blame is put at the feet of the strong pound and weak Euro, diminishing profits converted to Japanese yen. Sony also added that fuel costs and business taxes were further squeezing profitability. ...more

Netscape goes Digg

Netscape, one of the most venerable names on the Internet, is about to be reborn as a user-driven news site along the lines of the popular Digg. Parent AOL hopes that the new service with its brand recognition will help establish the company in the flavour-of-the-month social networking sector. As with Digg, visitors are able to comment and vote on particular stories that will rise up the page according to the level of interest. ...more