UK turns its back on Internet obscenity

It seems that UK ISPs are increasingly getting their act together on refusing to host obscene online content. This is the verdict drawn by the IWF (Internet Watch Foundation), which has released its annual report. The Internet watchdog states that the amount of illegal and obscene material hosted by UK ISPs now represents less than one per cent of the worldwide total. ...more

C&W given green light for Energis acquisition

Energis shareholders have given their backing for a takeover of the telecommunications company by Cable & Wireless. C&W recently took a leading share of the burgeoning LLU market when it bought Bulldog Broadband. Buying Energis will make it the UK's second biggest telecommunications provider, after BT. ...more

Smartphones hit by Trojan virus

Symbian-based phones including Nokias using the Series 60 platform are again the target of a new mobile phone virus that will stop the phone dead if it is rebooted. According to Finnish security experts F-Secure, the Trojan virus Fontal-A - a variant of the Comwarrior virus - has no propagation mechanics but may be manually received from file-sharing networks or via memory cards in an infected file called Kill Saddam By OID500.sis. ...more

IBM powers world's fastest chip

New Power6 chip offers environmentally-friendly computing with reduced power consumption. IBM claims it is not only the world's fastest microprocessor but one also able to help cut electricity consumption of datacentres, which makes them more environmentally friendly. The new Power6 processor clocks in at 4. ...more

Nokia's LoudEye buy prompts Napster rise

Napster's share price shot up yesterday as investors anticipated that the struggling digital music service may be ripe for a high-price takeover, following Nokia's acquisition of Loudeye for $60 million. The phone maker is hoping that the purchase of Loudeye will enable it to take a significant share of the rapidly growing market for music on mobiles. Loudeye, which acquired UK digital music pioneer OD2 in 2004, operates 60 services in over 20 countries Anssi Vanjoki, executive vice president and general manager, Multimedia, Nokia, said that the company aims to begin delivering its new music service to Nokia device owners during 2007. ...more