BBC closes local history website

The BBC is to close a section of its website dedicated to local history as part of a programme to save in the corporation's new media division. The cuts follow recommendations by the government-sponsored Graf Report, which called for a 10 per cent reduction in spending on online services. As a result, the Legacies | UK local history to you site and the US section of www. ...more

Strato banks on .eu domain speculation

European hosting provider Strato is moving into domain-only hosting for the UK. The company is only providing the service in the UK as elsewhere in Europe there is little market demand. The UK is anomalous in that there appears to be plenty of people wanting to register domains as a speculative venture. ...more

CES 2007: Hands-on with the $100 laptop

After what seems like years of nothing but marketing, a prototype of Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) made an appearance at this year's CES show. We discovered it on the rather tucked-away stand of Marvell, which is supplying the wireless card for the sub-$100 laptop. We managed to spend a few minutes with the sample, and came away largely impressed. ...more

Apple updates RAID storage, software

Apple has increased the amount of storage available in its Xserve RAId system. The 10.5TB capacity comprises 14 750GB Ultra ATA drives as a build to order option and costs an additional ?1,260 (inc. ...more

ISPs offer 2Mbps ADSL broadband

Trials of BT's 2Mbps wholesale broadband service began yesterday, with eight ISPs offering connections. BT Retail has already filled its quota, but anyone wishing to take part in the trial can apply to any of the following. • Andrews and Arnold Home-Fast - ?27. ...more