Intel to produce design for wireless devices

Intel will develop its own blueprint for wireless devices in a bid to keep manufacturers loyal to Intel chips, it was revealed today. The plan will be unveiled at its developer forum in Tokyo according to News.com. ...more

Yahoo! gets into the shopping frame of mind

The Internet is a great tool for shopping. Not only can a searcher find out everything about a product before buying they can also search the world for the keenest prices. Now Yahoo! has released a beta product known as Yahoo! Mindset to assist in the shopping process. ...more

Oracle fails to get in the right spirit

It's the season of goodwill to all men, but Oracle doesn't seem to have noticed as it gleefully tries to poke fun at Microsoft's expense... ...more

Ofcom chairman rejects fibre optics

Ofcom has no plans to force telecoms providers to install optical fibre cabling to improve broadband speeds for homes and business located far from their local exchange. The regulator's chairman Lord Currie told the Communications Management Association's (CMA) annual conference that there is currently no case for regulating on fibre to the home (FTTH, also known as fibre to the premises, FTTP, or fibre to the building, FTTB). 'For customers who live too far from an exchange, technically this is a problem that could be solved by fibre,' he said. ...more

Micro Flash

Flash embeds itself in lots of small places. Flash is familiar to most Web users as Macromedia's system for delivering 'rich content' and now a new Flash Player 5 Source Code SDK (software development kit) has been made available. This is designed to enable more device manufacturers and embedded-platform developers to implement the Flash Player. ...more