Online child pornography virtually wiped out in the UK

Online child pornography has been virtually wiped out in the UK, according to the organisation Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). Content hosted in the UK has dropped from some 18 per cent in 1997 to 0.2 per cent in the first half of this year, the IWF's latest report reveals. ...more

AMD confirms poor results

Chipmaker AMD has confirmed that its second-quarter results are down on last year by a huge margin. Last week AMD issued a profits warning saying that a price war with Intel and a slow down in the industry would severely dent its revenues. In fact, AMD performed a little worse than it had expected although its estimates were roughly accurate. ...more

Botnet army massing in China - Prolexic

China is now the most infected country in the world and Asia contains half the world's infected computers, according to security company Prolexic. The figures come from the company's Denial of Service (DDoS) Weather Report, which reports on the botnet activity around the globe from infected computers. Countries in Asia account for five of the six most infected territories around the world, with the US in second place. ...more

BT starts 'fast Internet' satellite trials

BT Wholesale is to start trials of a new satellite-based 'almost broadband' Internet service, which is aimed at small businesses and high-use residential customers. Users will be connected to the Web at up to 256kbit/s via a receive-only satellite dish providing always-on email and Internet, though return messages, such as outgoing emails and requests for Internet pages, will be carried down a conventional phone line. Speeds up to 4Mbit/s will be available on a pay-as-used basis as the trail progresses. ...more

Oversupply forces down LCD prices

Flat panel display and TV prices may drop sharply over the next few months due to higher than expected over supply. A survey by iSuppli has found that oversupply will be an estimated 6.2 per cent in the fourth quarter of the year. ...more