BT's 3G roll out delayed till Autumn

BT's proposed launch of a 3G mobile-phone network on the Isle of Man will be delayed till late summer or early Autumn, the company said today. The project, to be conducted with BT's wholly-owned subsidiary Manx Telecom as well as Siemens and NEC, was to have been the first 3G roll-out in the world when it launched this month. It may still be, if it manages to beat NTT DoCoMo's roll-out in the Autumn. ...more

Internet Explorer loses browser market share to young pretender

Open Source browsers are continuing to eat into the market share of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. According to market analysts WebSideStory, Internet Explorer held 92.9 per cent of the browser market at the end of October. ...more

The CD player with a notebook inside

Tiny has expanded its Mediabook range with the Power Writer 1000. As well as a 14.1" TFT colour screen and 256Mb of RAM with an Intel? Pentium III Processor 1GHz, Tiny has changed the design for handling CDs and also for enabling upgrades. ...more

Labour squats Howard domains

A Conservative MP has written to the Electoral Commission complaining about the Labour party cyber-squatting on domain names using the name of Michael Howard, the leader of the opposition. Michael Fabricant, the MP for Litchfield, condemned the Labour party as 'cyber-hypocrites' and says the practice is against official government policy. The sites are www. ...more

Blackberry maker settles long running dispute

Late on Friday, Research In Motion, the manufacturer of the Blackberry wireless PDA devices, announced that it has finally settled its long running dispute with NTP. According to the terms of the settlement, RIM will give NTP a total of $612.5 million as a one off payment and in return receive a free hand to continue its business indefinitely. ...more