Pipex cuts broadband fees and offers free migration

Pipex has announced that it is cutting the start-up costs of its Xtreme Solo residential broadband packages and offering free migration from any other ADSL provider. Xtreme Solo 2 Go, the company's all-in-one broadband package that includes activation, an Alcatel SpeedTouch modem and two microfilters, now carries a start-up fee of ?14.95. ...more

Intel gets back into graphics business

Intel is making a return to the discrete graphics market, pitting the company into direct competition with rival AMD and its ATI subsidiary. The company has long been rumoured to be returning to the discrete graphics business, and a job advertisement on the company's website confirms Intel's intentions. The advertisement, for the company's Visual Computing Group, reads: "Intel's Visual Computing Group (VCG) has the mission to establish the future of computing for high-throughput workloads. ...more

Napster director appointment renews sale talk

Napster's appointment of a new director has rekindled talk that the online music service is seeking a buyer. The new board member, Ross Levinsohn, is the former president of Fox Interactive Media, where he oversaw several acquisitions, including the hugely popular social networking website MySpace. It is the timing of his appointment, ahead of the company's AGM later this year, that has prompted suggestions that Napster is seeking to placate investors who are said to be impatient for a sale. ...more

iTunes sales boost Disney profits

Disney has revealed a 27% leap in profits, thanks - in part - to its success in selling movies and TV shows through the iTunes Store. In its latest set of results, the company detailed sales of 23.7 million TV episodes, and 2 million films through iTunes. ...more

FBI closes down 'Star Wars' p2p network

The FBI has announced that it has shut down the P2P network Elitetorrents.org. The Bureau said that the website was the source of recent pirated copies of the new Star Wars movie `Revenge of the Sith` which was leaked onto the Internet even before the film was released. ...more