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Google wires up the neighbourhood

Google has added a free WiFi service to the city of Mountain View, California where its headquarters are based. The new 'Google WiFi' service covers 11.5 square miles of the city with 380 access points, many of which are hanging from lamp posts to create full coverage. ...more

New Xbox details leak onto the Internet

Some ten days ahead of its scheduled launch, details of the next generation Xbox have been leaking onto the Internet. Several sites claim to have specs and a picture of the new Microsoft console that it hopes will supplant Sony in the affections of the majority of the world's gamers. According to Endgadget. ...more

Microsoft and HP settle over misleading ads

Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard have settled with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over charges of making misleading claims for PocketPCs. As we reported, the dispute centred over the HP PocketPC-based Jornada. Adverts ran in major US newspapers proclaiming "built-in wireless access to the Internet and e-mail at any time and from anywhere". ...more

Eclipse tops ADSL speed league

Eclipse Internet has ended Nildram's' seven-month reign at the top of ADSL Guide's Fastest Broadband ISPs table. As in all recent months, April's figures reflect a gradual increase in the 512K ADSL broadband performance levels provided by all the major ISPs, as equipment is upgraded and more overall bandwidth made available. Eclipse Internet is a case in point, having upgraded its core routing equipment, implemented more Gigabit Ethernet links and improved Internet transit connections. ...more