BT launches ADSL service

British Telecom is finally rolling out its Openworld broadband package to consumers. The ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line) service is set to launch on Tuesday, and will cost ?39.99 per month, with customers also having to pay an installation fee of ?150. ...more

Microsoft's UltimateTV Service

Another release premiered at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show is Microsoft's UltimateTV. This is a service that integrates DirecTV programming, video recording, interactive television and Internet access into one package. In terms of the Internet and Interactive TV, the technology supports a number of features. ...more

Toshiba takes Flash memory to 2Gbit

Toshiba and SanDisk have developed a 1Gbit Flash memory IC (integrated circuit) to be manufactured using 0.13micron process technology. While 1Gbit Flash products are available in stacked chips or multi-level-cell-based ICs, this is the first single-level-cell IC of 1Gbit. ...more

Legal downloads top half a million a month in UK

Legal music dowloads in the UK have topped 500,000 a month, according to new figures from industry body the BPI. Between April and June 2004 1,500,000 songs were sold following the launch of Napster and the iTunes Music Store. In the previous quarter, sales were a third of that. ...more

And also today (30-July-2001), for the record...

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. Branson against BT? The The Independent on Sunday reported yesterday that Sir Richard Branson is considering taking on BT in the fixed-line business. Virgin, of course, are already in the mobile phone market with Virgin Mobile. ...more