Olympic Web coverage under debate

The International Olympics Committee (IOC) is meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, to discuss to future of online Olympic coverage, after this year's near blanket ban led to low online viewing figures for the Sydney games. Television rights are worth some ?900m to the IOC and are licensed country by country. Clearly there are online revenues to be had, but the online coverage of the otherwise successful Sydney Olympics was limited to NBCOlympics. ...more

Virgin Mobile TV grabs Channel 4 simulcasts

Virgin has completed the sign-up of Channel 4 to its mobile phone TV service. This now carries BBC 1 (on a trial basis), ITV1, Channel 4, E4 and ITN News. To be specific, from today a fuller version of Channel 4 content will be available on a specific Virgin handset, the Virgin Mobile Lobster 700TV. ...more

Infogrames buys Hasbro Interactive

One of Europe's largest computer games companies has put a bid in for the ailing interactive arm of US toy group, Hasbro. The deal will mean that Infogrames will have access to over 200 games in the Hasbro range, including interactive versions of board games such as Monopoly, Scrabble and Boggle and toys such as Action Man, Mr Potato Head and the Tonka brand. Infogrames is paying $5 million in cash and $95 million in shares in the deal, which also includes Games. ...more

Apple unveils the Mac mini

Apple has unveiled the Mac for the iPod generation, a tiny machine targeted directly at PC users looking to switch. Mac mini comes in two configurations, with either a 1.25GHz or 1. ...more

Book review: Google Pocket Guide

How much could a pocket guide to Google really inform you, I wondered? After all, Google just works. As the book itself says: 'Simply throwing your search terms at Google has an uncanny habit of finding you pretty much what you want.' So while Google is powerful, with a variety of relatively-hidden features, it is also a very clear and intuitive site. ...more