3 pricing revealed

Hutchison 3G reveals pricing packages ahead of March launch. The UK's first 3G service, Hutchison 3G's 3, has outlined pricing structures for three call packages and introduced a range of incentives to get punters to pre-order. Call packages are priced on an 'event-basis', per video, picture or text message and per download, as opposed to per byte. ...more

Blueyonder abandons phone requirement

Telewest has removed the requirement that users of its ?10 fixed-fee, Blueyonder broadband Internet service spend an equivalent amount on telephone voice calls. From now, Blueyonder surfunlimited customers' ?10 fees will cover all Internet access with no additional stipulations, nor time restrictions. Chad Raube, head of marketing for Internet, explained that, "some people are wary of terms like unlimited and the small print that accompanies many Internet services. ...more

Putting the .de back in Deutschland

The latest battle over an Internet domain name has been settled, with a victory for the German government. Reuters reports that the German consulting company Medianet has decided to give up the choice German address www.deutschland. ...more

Be a slave to your handheld

The playful passing of time could be about to stop for PDA users, with the introduction of some new time management software. Kronos has announced that its new iSeries MobileTime products will allow employees to use their Palm PDA to punch into work. The same software will also enable users to keep track of time spent on specific work projects. ...more

Commwarrior virus threatens mobile phones via MMS messages

Finnish security expert F-Secure says it has discovered the first virus that spreads via multimedia messaging services, or MMS, sent by mobile phones. The virus, known as Commwarrior, is far from a simple proof of concept and has already been discovered in the 'wild'. There are already two variants. ...more