Hong Kong shows the UK the broadband way

As the UK gears up for widespread 8Mbps broadband services, spare a thought for the hard done by denizens of Hong Kong. Hong Kong Broadband Network has launched a symmetric 1Gbps service for a wholly reasonable $215 (about ?112) per month. The company already offers symmetric 100Mbps and 10Mbps services at $34 (?18) and $16 (?8) respectively. ...more

Microsoft upgrades Windows Media Player 9 Series

With support from Movie Maker 2, Microsoft has launched the Candidate release of its new media player. Windows Media Player 9 includes support for HighMAT tehnology, which improves access speeds and will broaden device compatibility for optical discs. New additions include a Media link that enables you to email friends with quick links to media highlights - for example breaking news. ...more

Courts block US record industry bid for P2P names

A US Appeals Court has ruled the US record industry cannot compel ISPs to reveal the names of alleged illegal file sharers. The St Louis court upheld an earlier ruling that the ISPs are merely a 'conduit' for illegally shared files and not directly repsonsible under the terms of the 1988 Digital Millenium Copyright Act. This decision means that the Recording Industry Association of America will have to continue going through courts on a case-by-case basis to identify file sharers, a more time consuming and expensive process. ...more

10-03-2001 Essential news of the week

Brought neatly together and presented on a plate, here is a roundup of some of the week's main news stories from the world of IT. No cheers for Yahoo New Palm, more memory OS X complete AMD squeezes Intel on cheaper chips Compaq pushes iPaq PDAs to 64Mb Universal gives Napster a second look A HERO for all institutions LineOne drops half its value Springtime for Office XP Linux PDA looks Sharp Intel goes smaller and faster Only on the Internet.. ...more

Kaspersky strengthens Anti-Hacker firewall

Kaspersky has updated its Anti-Hacker personal firewall. It is described as providing full-scale protection for PCs from all unauthorised attempts to access data. New features of version 1. ...more