UPDATED: NHS Direct offers online personal health organiser

Massive expansion planned for NHS Direct, including personal online health space and digital TV channel. NHS Direct is to be on the end of an 80 per cent increase in funding, to the tune of ?182m. But as well as almost trebling its call-handling capacity (it currently deals with 500,000 calls a month), the extra money will be used to set up a 'personal health organiser' on NHS Direct Online for the public to go about 'securely storing health information' by the end of the year. ...more

PS3 set to maintain Sony dominance - In-Stat

With Microsoft having already launched its successor to the Xbox console in December 2005, Sony's announcement that the PS3 would be further delayed to November 2006 was bad news for the Japanese electronics giant. There is reassurance for Sony, however, in the latest research into next-generation games consoles. According to analysis by , Sony will continue to dominate the video console market for the coming years, despite the early lead established by the Xbox 360. ...more

Judge to re-examine Google click fraud settlement

A judge is to decide whether to re-open the case against Google over alleged negligence in tackling click fraud. Judge Joe Griffin, sitting in Arkansas, is to hear a number of plaintiffs object to the proposed settlement in which Google has offered $90m in 'free' AdWords advertising and payment of legal fees. The case began when Lane's Gifts and Collectibles of Texarkana filed the lawsuit last year, alleging Google improperly charged advertisers for fraudulent website clicks. ...more

Intel goes for five way reorganisation

Chip giant Intel is to reorganise itself in a bid to be more responsive and put what has been a terrible year behind it. The company has split its massive chip division and the smaller communication division into five new business units based around 'platforms'. Each division will be charged with creating complete technology solutions in each field. ...more

Novell asserts SCO owns no Unix patents or copyright

In a series of statements that will overshadow SCO's healthy quarterly results announcement today, Novell and SCO have traded stern words, with Novell challenging SCO's assertion that it owns either the copyrights or the patents to the Unix System V operating system. Novell's CEO Jack L Messman claimed in a letter to SCO CEO Darl McBride: 'We believe it unlikely that SCO can demonstrate that it has any ownership interest whatsoever in those copyrights.' He pointed out that SCO's acquisition of Unix System V from Novell in 1995 did not include the copyrights and patents among the assets. ...more