Help predict global warming on your PC

PC users around the world have the chance to help predict the effects of global warming. The initiative run by climateprediction.net aims to use hundreds of computers, each running their own climate prediction model, to study the likely consequences of climate change over the coming century. ...more

UK moves to regulate gambling ads

The government has produced a set of draft proposals that will regulate the content of adverts promoting gambling on television. Currently only the National Lottery is allowed to advertise itself on TV. However, from next year, online gambling sites and the new breed of Las Vegas-style casinos will be able to promote themselves - with certain restrictions. ...more

Dreamcast price cuts have hurt Sega

Sega, the Japanese video game maker, has reported a 17.98bn yen ($163 million) net loss for the past half-year. Its troubles have been attributed to the cut in sales price - under pressure from Sony's PS2 - of the Dreamcast game machine. ...more

Muso-mobiles cool on WMA, hot on iPod

The success of the iPod is, it seems, having an impact on other portable devices, notably mobile phones. New phones announced this week by Nokia and Sony Ericsson are noticeable for the fact that their integrated music players will play all the iPod-friendly formats - MP3, M4A and AAC - but not Microsoft's proprietary WMA. Now, if you had asked us 18 months ago, we would have pessimistically projected that WMA was ultimately destined to usurp MP3's position at the top of the digital music pile. ...more

Roxio grabs Napster's assets

Roxio is to acquire 'substantially all' of the assets of defunct MP3 sharing pioneer Napster. Roxio will receive all Napster's intellectual property and technology patents, subject to the approval of the Delaware bankruptcy court. Roxio will not assume any of Napster's liabilities, nor take its place in pending litigation. ...more