Verizon sues Vonage over VoIP

You know that a technology is about to take off in a big way when the patent lawsuits start to fly. So it is with VoIP. Vonage Holdings has admitted that it has been served with a patent infringement lawsuit, along with its wholly owned subsidiary, Vonage America, filed by Verizon Services and Verizon Laboratories relating to VoIP technologies. ...more

Research shows every other MP3 player is an iPod

Almost half of all MP3 players in circulation are iPods, an In-Stat survey has revealed. In-Stat found that the Apple portable music player accounted for 49 per cent of the players in circulation in 2005. The market grew to 140 million in 2005 - In-Stat expects it to double to 286 million by 2010 - with Apple's share, if not absolute sales, declining. ...more

Google and NASA plot Google Space

A virtual flight over the surface of the moon - and even an exploration of the canyons of Mars - are in prospect for Web surfers. This is thanks to a deal announced between Google and the NASA Ames Research Centre. 'This agreement between NASA and Google will soon allow every American to experience a virtual flight over the surface of the moon or through the canyons of Mars,' said NASA Administrator Michael Griffin at Headquarters in Washington. ...more

Adobe updates Acrobat and Reader

Adobe has updated both its Acrobat PDF creation and editing software and the accompanying Reader. The 6.0. ...more

Gates rues his megawealth

Poor Bill Gates: the world's richest man has revealed that he wishes he was not. 'There's nothing good that comes out of that,' the Microsoft founder told a conference of online advertising executives near the company's Redmond, Washington HQ. Gates is worth an estimated $50bn, although he has made considerable efforts to give a lot away. ...more