iTunes racks up one million podcast subscriptions

Podcasters are hailing the success of the new podcast support in iTunes, after more than one million podcasts subscriptions were recorded in its first two days. August Trometer, developer of iPodderX, likened Apple to a high street coffee shop chain. 'Podcasting is like cappuccino,' he said. ...more

Mozilla set to founder as focus turns to Firefox

Mozilla users may soon have to start looking at alternative email and browsing software, if reports that the suite may have run its course are true. An item on MozillaNews suggests that there may never be a final release of 1.8, despite a beta version being available. ...more

Spam kingpin seized in the US

The FBI has arrested a spammer who was generating multimillion dollar revenues through his operations. Thought to be responsible for more than a billion spam mails sent to AOL accounts, Christopher Smith (aka 'Rizler') was arrested just after midnight as he got off a flight from the Dominican Republic last Thursday and is expected to appear in court today. Smith had been operating out of the Dominican Republic ever since a US federal judge shut down his Burnsville Internet and Xpress Pharmacy Direct businesses and ordered him to stop selling drugs. ...more

Time takes Tiny

Where in the world? The Computer World. Time has acquired the business and certain assets of Tiny Computers, for an undisclosed price, to form a new chain of 150 high street stores, known as The Computer World. The new stores will feature Time and Tiny showrooms, as well as concentrating on peripheral technologies such as digital cameras. ...more

Palm's m100 takes business from Handspring

Palm Computing has increased its sales in the US by nearly 10 per cent in July and now has 70.3 per cent of the market. Palm Computing has increased its sales in the US by nearly 10 per cent in July and now has 70. ...more