Live Connection Center Wi-Fi Beta slips out

Microsoft has invited beta testers of Office 2007 to try out its new Live Connection Center Wi-Fi Beta. The Live Connection Center is part of a rumoured WiFi suite that includes client, wireless network locator and security elements such as parental controls. The product consists of two components. ...more

Apple sued over MacBooks' millions of colours

Apple is facing a class action lawsuit in the US alleging that it made 'false claims' about the quality of the display in its MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops. The case has been brought by two MacBook owners, Fred Greaves and Dave Gately, who charge Apple with deceptive advertising, misrepresentation and unfair competition over the use of the phrase 'millions of colors' to describe the capability of the LCD displays in the laptops. They claim that rather than showing 16,777,216 colours with an 8-bit LCD, the MacBooks deliver the 'illusion' of millions of colours. ...more

Report: Beyond the Backlash - Part 1

Yesterday saw a meeting of representatives from industry, NGOs and government bodies to discuss the state of technology, the Internet and society, and how to innovate it in what is something of a hiatus following dot-com collapse and the worst of the tech recession. In a series of plenary sessions and workshops, a range of issues came up for hotly-contested debate, from how the Web should be governed and crime dealt with, to how best we can assimilate this new space into our culture. High on the list was perennial thorn of broadband. ...more

Sony chipping suit stumped by Ozzie court

Sony has lost a legal ruling over the 'chipping' of PlayStation consoles. This is the practice whereby the games console is modded to enable it to play unauthorised versions of games. An Australian court has confirmed that 'chipping' consoles did not breach the country's copyright laws, reports Reuters. ...more

breathe breathes on broadband pricing

breathe, the resuscitated ISP, has cut the price of its broadband package. The ISP has cut the price of its ADSL service to ?25.99 per month. ...more