Son of digital download day

The follow-up to the popular digital download day has been slated for 21 March. Digital Download Day Europe will give Internet users €5 (?3.40) of free music downloads from the catalogues of major labels, accessible through music subscription services such as those provided by MSN, Freeserve, HMV and Tiscali. ...more

Power Macs to drive top five supercomputer

The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is building a supercomputer cluster comprising 1,100 Power Mac G5s, after several months of collaboration with Apple. When complete, the cluster will be one of the five most powerful in the world, as listed by the Top 500 website. It will be the only Mac-based cluster in the list. ...more

Broadband Internet available in the countryside

Satellite services start today - at reduced prices. BTopenworld has made satellite-provided broadband Internet services available to businesses in far-flung areas. This will bring some relief to companies that need decent Net connectivity but are miles away from the nearest digital telephone exchange. ...more

Seagate ships record drives

Disk manufacturer Seagate announces record shipments for second quarter. Seagate says it has shipped a record 18.3 million for the second quarter ending 27 December. ...more

RIAA closes in for p2p kill

The US record industry has begun issuing 'cease and desist' orders to p2p firms as it steps up its campaign to curtail music file sharing. The Recording Industry Association of America has sent letters to seven companies, which it declined to name. Consequently WinMX. ...more