PlusNet unveils pay as you go pricing model for services up to 8Mbps

PlusNet has announced a significant overhaul of its broadband services, offering speeds up to 8Mbps and a new usage-based payment system. The ISPs Premier customers will be able to choose the speed of their connection but will be charged purely on the basis of the amount of downstream peak-time capacity they use; broadband usage between 1am and 8am will be entirely unrestricted. Monthly charges are as follows: ?21. ...more

Trend Micro ousts McAfee from Hotmail message scanning

Trend Micro has ousted McAfee from its seat scanning Hotmail messages for viruses. Exactly what motivated the change remains unclear. Trend Micro's president of European Operations Raimun Genes told us: 'We were contacted by MSN Hotmail, but we never questioned why. ...more

Microsoft denies Xbox Live hack

Microsoft said on Wednesday it found no evidence of unauthorised access to Bungie.net or its Xbox Live online video game network, in the wake of reports of fraudulent behavior and theft. 'We want to reassure all of our 6 million Xbox Live members that we have looked into the situation and found no evidence of any compromise of the security of Bungie. ...more

Judge Penfield on trial, not Microsoft

The second day of the Microsoft anti-trust case passed with the government's representatives again being forced onto the back foot. The judges - with Chief Judge Harry T. Edwards to the fore - again questioned whether the original court had been clear in its findings over Microsoft trying to monopolise the market for browsers. ...more

BT sets latest broadband dates

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