US iTunes catalogue hits one million songs

The US version of Apple's online iTunes Music Store has over one million songs, the company announced today, the first such service to reach that milestone. Apple did not say how many songs were available on the UK, French and German incarnations. According to the company's generally undisputed figures, iTMS has around a 70 per cent share of the worldwide downloads market. ...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

Government backing for women in IT

The Government is to give financial backing to an initiative to attract more women into IT. The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Patricia Hewitt, has announced ?1m of backing for the new female-friendly fund. Available for high-tech companies to draw on, it is intended to help smooth the path of women returning to work after having a family. ...more

Old order restored at AOL Time Warner

AOL Time Warner has elected Dick Parsons to become Chairman of the company. He is already the CEO of the new-media/old-media conglomerate. He follows Steve Case into the job, the former boss of AOL who stepped down on Sunday. ...more

eBay grows fat on trading

Goods have been changing hands at a frenetic pace over the last three months at online auction house eBay, netting the company a record $109.7mn for the second quarter of 2003. 'Q2 was another great quarter for eBay,' said Meg Whitman, President and CEO of eBay. ...more