BT sets latest broadband dates

BT has announced its biggest batch of ADSL ready-for-service dates, with 57 exchanges to go online between April 2004 and October 2005. ...more

Government launches scam awareness campaign

A 'scam awareness' campaign is being launched by two government bodies, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Its aim is to increase public awareness of the problem - which is often centred on the Internet - and provide practical advice on tackling the likes of email scams, phishing attacks, lottery scams, pyramid selling and even online dating scams. Such scams are believed to fleece UK consumers of ?1 billion per year, with research suggesting that 28 million Brits are targeted every year using disreputable, low-cost, mass-marketing techniques, whether they involve email, text message, post, telephone or the Web. ...more

Quark 6 demos released

Quark has made demo versions of QuarkXPress 6, its market leading DTP application, available for download. Among the software's new features are collaborative working on the same document, new Web layout tools, direct PDF export, multiple undos and full-resolution previews. The folowing limitations apply to the demos: all output will have 'QuarkXPress Demo' printed on it; printouts are limited to a maximum of five pages; Mac demos can only print to a PostScript printer; the Save, Save as, Save Page as EPS, New Library and Collect for Output commands are disabled;all Web document previews will have a 'QuarkXPress Demo' watermark embedded in all pictures; the Export HTML function is disabled; and limited language support (online demo only). ...more

mm02 writes off value of 3G investments

What was Gordon Brown's gain has been mm02's loss according to its latest preliminary financial results for the year. The Exchequer, of course was the recipient of revenue from the 3G licence bidding process. The UK telco has now bitten the bullet on the devaluation of its 3G investments and written them down to the tune of ?9. ...more

Planet Of The Apes - first impressions

Thankfully, the Planet Of The Apes game has been influenced by the classic Pierre Boulle novel (and hence the 1960s film) rather than this summer's blockbuster movie. The scene is set in an intro cut-scene movie, as US spaceship Cassiopeia, which was reported missing in 2125, crash-lands on a mysterious planet in the year 3889. The three surviving crewmembers go a-wandering, only to come across human slaves working in a field. ...more