IGF - Anti-spam bodies form new alliance

International anti-spam bodies have joined together to launch www.stopspamalliance.org - a central resource to inform anyone with an interest in fighting spam. ...more

Dial-a-Web site

VeriSign is testing a service that allows you to register phone numbers or numeric strings against particular Web sites in order to ease cell phone access to the Internet. Called WebNum, the service is based on the very simple premise that - for wireless Internet access - entering URLs on a cell phone is a rather laborious business, with all the cycling of key-character options that is involved. Instead, a memorable number or - in American style - the use of "logos" from the alphanumeric keys (ie. ...more

Nvidia-only PC games?

Nvidia and EA have just struck a deal that will see the graphics giant's hardware become the publisher's preferred graphics platform for its PC titles. Interestingly, this announcement comes on the back of recent rumours that Valve Software's Half-Life 2, amongst other high profile titles, will be Nvidia-exclusive. Under the deal with Nvidia, EA development teams will now use PCs powered by Nvidia GPUs to create PC titles. ...more

Xingtones undercuts ringtone personalisation

Ringtones are cool, right? You pay ?4 for a bit of tune that makes a personal statement about you every time it goes off: 'I'm a mug'. You can pay 79p for a whole song from the majority of online music services that you can listen to when you want to, not each time you get a call. So, Xingtones has developed a little application that you can use to cut your favourite section of your favourite song and use it as a ringtone for ?1. ...more

Firefox and Thunderbird get new betas

Mozilla has released new beta versions of its Firefox Web browser and Thunderbird email client. Firefox 1.5 Beta 2 is aimed at testers, extension and theme authors and Web developers and includes improvements to the automated update system, website rendering and performance, plus several security fixes. ...more