Broadband to reach 100Mbps next year?

A Finnish company has predicted a future of 100Mbps broadband into the home. The company, Teleste, says these speeds may become available as early as next year over existing cable TV connections. Currently broadband speeds in the UK are typically 2Mbit although some companies such as Bulldog are offering an 8Mbit service. ...more

File-sharing continues to climb despite legal threat

Despite the best efforts of the major record companies the level of p2p activity continues to rise, according to monitoring firm Big Champagne. The company recorded an average of 6.98 million sharers online throughout January, up 14 per cent on January 2005 and close to double the level two years ago. ...more

USB 2.0 for laptops

Orange Micro has announced a March shipping date for its new USB 2.0 Hi-Speed CardBus PC card, which provides CardBus compatible laptops with four USB 2.0 ports. ...more

Comment: Venerable viruses become outdated by new threats

UK security specialist Sophos has released its top ten virus for the first half of the year, and the message is clear: ignore it. Made up in the main of Netsky, Zafi and Sober variants, a good number of the ten most virulent viruses have been around more than a year. And while they continue to be a perennial pestilence clogging up bandwidth and inboxes, they don't paint an accurate picture of the true battle going on. ...more

HMV CEO signals in-store download terminals

The HMV Group will reinvent its town centre stores to include new products and possibly music downloading terminals, said Chief Executive Simon Fox. He was speaking following an announcement of a first-half loss of around ?32 million for the music retailer. The group has promised a major overhaul to address falling profits due to tough competition from online retailers, and will unveil the result of a strategic review in March. ...more