Yahoo! streams ahead with broadcast site

Yahoo! is trying to keep its position as the world's favourite portal by launching a new multimedia site called Yahoo! Broadcast. The new site will include content from partners such as ABCNews.com, Adventure TV. ...more

BT cuts broadband pricing

BT has cut its wholesale prices for ADSL IPStream products by up to ?2 on consumer products and by 55 per cent for business, but the ISPs aren't altogether happy. 'We have a major price cut in wholesale DSL,' said Ben Verwaayen, CEO of BT. The price cuts come into effect from the 1 May, and are applicable to the IPStream offerings. ...more

IBM's TransNote blurs line between PCs and PDAs

The power of a laptop combined with the features of an electronic note pad for storing handwritten notes, that's the design behind the TransNote, IBM's latest addition to its ThinkPad series. With its combination of pen-based and keyboard-based input, copious note takers are the target users. Particularly those that need to keep hard copy versions of their notes. ...more

Yahoo forms consortium to digitise world's archives

Internet portal Yahoo! has finally made its response to the Google Print initiative. Together with Hewlett-Packard and Adobe, a number of the world's top libraries and archives have come together to form the Open Content Alliance. Initially, the material for the archive will come from the University of California, the University of Toronto, the British National Archives, O'Reilly Media, Inc. ...more

MacBook debut completes Intel move for laptop Macs

Glimpses of the machines were spotted last week, but now Apple has officially confirmed three new consumer MacBook machines featuring Intel Core Duo Processors. Described by Apple as the world's most advanced consumer notebooks, the designs complete Apple's Intel-based notebook line up (there are 15-and 17-inch MacBook Pros). They replace both the iBook and the 12-inch PowerBook. ...more