DIY broadband

Two residents of Denham, a small village in Buckinghamshire, have decided to establish a wireless broadband network for villagers. Hooking into a leased line from nearby Hillingdon, a transmitter sitting atop a railway embankment will broadcast the wireless network to any villagers with a small, rooftop antenna and a wireless-capable computer. DenhamBroadband is intending to provide speeds equal to landline ADSL, and is hoping to keep costs in line with that. ...more

Formac adds 19in to Gallery monitor range

Formac has added a 19in model to its Gallery range of TFT flat panel monitors. The Gallery 1900 has a 1280x1024 display, with a viewing angle of 170, 250cd/m brightness, a 500:1 contrast ratio and an average pixel response time of 25ms. There is also an anti-glare coating. ...more

UK virus writers sent to prison

Two 20-year-olds from the UK have been sentenced to prison terms for their part in a virus-writing gang. Jordan Bradley, 22, and Andrew Harvey, 23, were members of a group named the 'THr34t Krew' responsible for writing the TK worm which caused 'unquantifiable' damage to computers across the globe. They were gaoled for three and six months respectively at Newcastle Crown Court today. ...more

EU bids to strengthen anti-spam procedures

The EU has announced a cooperative venture to cut through cross border red tape when tracking down spammers. Members of the contact network of spam enforcement authorities (CNSA) have drawn up a voluntary agreement that will mean they share data and follow up complaints from anywhere in the EU. Members agree to use 'best efforts' to handle complaints forwarded to them by other countries, which will make it easier to identify and track down spammers across the EU. ...more

Live Motion 2 announced

LiveMotion is Adobe's application for creating and delivering animated and scripted content for the Web, CD-ROMs, DVDs and presentations and as such is a rival to Macromedia's Flash. Version 2.0 - for PCs and Macs - extends and elaborates on many of the features included in the original, such as the ability to create and export Flash (SWF) files and generate scripts to direct and control the animation of both objects and types. ...more