Microsoft UK makes certification programme more flexible

Microsoft UK has announced an online mentoring programme for those seeking certification - Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD) and Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) for .NET, to be precise. It is done in conjunction with the training companies Key Training Solutions and KnowledgePool, and the programme will be supported by a 24/7 online tutoring service. ...more

Yahoo! launches local search for mobiles

Yahoo! introduced on Monday a new web search system for mobile phone users which delivers locally relevant answers, a move that puts it ahead of rival Google. Starting in the United States, with international markets to follow later this year, the Sunnyvale, California-based company said it planned to take advantage of the inherently local nature of many Web searches performed on phones. 'We are now putting search on every mobile phone that has a browser,' said Marco Boerries, senior VP of Yahoo!'s Connected Life business unit. ...more

Horses being held on AOL and Time Warner link up

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the would-be merger partners, America Online and Time Warner, have failed to reach an agreement on conditions for their link-up. The combined might of the two organisations - the link-up is valued in the region of $130bn - has put the pressure on the FTC to insist on conditions that would prevent the new entity discriminating against rival ISPs and content providers. There is concern over the cable-based Internet services already controlled by Time Warner to many US households and the charges it may raise against rival ISPs for its content. ...more

Is it the end for LCDs?

LG Electronics has announced the development of a new display screen that could mean the end of traditional liquid crystal displays. The new 1.8 inch colour organic electro luminescence (EL) display is to be used in new LG mobile phones. ...more

SCO's McBride unseals another open letter

The SCO CEO has published the first of what he says will be a series of open letters to set out SCO's position on a number of issues. He is off to a controversial start by asserting that the GNU GPL 'violates the United States Constitution and the U.S. ...more