BT cuts broadband price

BT Wholesale has announced cuts in the price of its broadband services to ?14.75. This is the price that BT Wholesale charges Internet service providers (ISPs) for its BT IPStream services, which allow the ISPs to supply broadband Internet connections to the end user. ...more

English culture to go online

If the Millennium Dome wasn't enough, the Labour government plans to put the best of British culture onto a website. Culture Secretary Chris Smith told the Labour Party Conference in Brighton that the new website would feature theatre workshops with famous actors, give virtual tours of great museums and even be an aid to learning a musical instrument. He even gave the Culture Online website a backhanded compliment by calling it the "Channel 4 of the Internet". ...more

Microsoft issues April security updates

Microsoft has released a string of security patches in its April security update, affecting everything from Word and Windows to Messenger and Exchange. Five of the eight patches are rated critical - the remaining three as important. Windows gets a patch to correct errors in the way it handles TCP/IP packets. ...more

GNER gives green light to on-train wireless Internet access

Uninterrupted wireless Internet access is to be made available on high-speed trains on the East Coast Mainline, following the successful conclusion of trials by the line's operator, GNER. Employing a system developed in Scandinavia, the satellite-based system has already been fitted to five of its trains, becoming available to passengers in the summer, and seven more trains will be equipped by the end of the year. Access will be provided throughout the train, free in first class and ?4. ...more

IDF, Fall 2004: Intel does dual-core demo at IDF keynote

Intel has kicked off the IDF Fall 2004 with the demonstration of a dual-core processor - a 'Montecito' Itanium 2-based SGI system running weather simulations. In the wake of AMD demoing a dual-core Athlon 64 the previous week, it was widely anticipated that Intel would use the IDF as the platform for showing off its own progress in the multi-core technology. The only question was whether it would be a Pentium or Itanium. ...more