YouTube trounces rivals for web video

YouTube, the surprise leader in Internet video, is now serving more than 100 million clips every day, figures that must make Google cringe. The search giant has made much of its video offering, which launched in Europe just last week, but it is the upstart startup that has, like Flickr for photos and MySpace for music, become the place for uploading, searching and viewing fuzzy and grainy videos. YouTube now claims to account for 60 per cent of all videos watched on the Web and founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen are now turning their attention to making some money from the site, primarily through advertising, though like both MySpace - now owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp - and Yahoo!'s Flickr, its destiny would seem to lie in a takeover. ...more

ISPs offer 2Mbps ADSL broadband

Trials of BT's 2Mbps wholesale broadband service began yesterday, with eight ISPs offering connections. BT Retail has already filled its quota, but anyone wishing to take part in the trial can apply to any of the following. • Andrews and Arnold Home-Fast - ?27. ...more

Microsoft breathes Live into Shopping

Microsoft is preparing to release yet another component of its Windows Live initiative. The company is set to add 'Shopping' to the list of services which already includes, Mail, Custom Domains (web hosting), Messenger, Safety Centre and Office. Although Microsoft is not saying much about the new service named Windows Live Shopping just yet, it will sit between Windows Live Expo and MSN Shopping, presumably as some kind of rival to Froogle or Kelkoo. ...more

Xserve accelerated

Apple has beefed up its Xserve server hardware,with faster processors and faster hard drives. Xserve now runs on single or dual 1.33GHz G4 processors and its four drive bays now accept faster, 180Gb ATA/133 Apple Drive Modules. ...more

Novell announces Q1 results

Microsoft's half a billion dollar payout swelled Novell's coffers in its Q1 results. During the quarter, Novell received a $448mn cheque from Microsoft, settling its complaints around NetWare, which were part of the EU investigation. Revenues for the quarter were at $290mn, compared with $267mn for the corresponding quarter last year. ...more