Yahoo! Music Unlimited doubles subscription fees

Reportedly under pressure from the music industry, Yahoo! is raising its prices on the Yahoo! Music Unlimited service. From 1 November, the company will be hiking the annual subscription fee by five dollars to $9.99 per month from the current $4. ...more

W3C sets new version of HTML in motion

W3C has announced the formation of a Working Group of content designers and browser and application developers to put together a specification for a new version of HTML. The organisation, which oversees the creation of Web standards such as HTML, CSS and XML, said that the establishment of the HTML Working Group recognises the importance of an open forum for the development of what is the predominant Web content technology. HTML (hypertext markup language) is a core element to describe how Web page content is presented and organised. ...more

HTC starts shipping new PDA phones to PalmOne this month

High Tech Computer (HTC) began volume shipments of a new PDA phone model to PalmOne this month and is slated to enter mass shipments in October, according to market sources. Along with increasing orders for its latest smartphone in Europe, both devices are likely to become key growth driver for the company in the fourth quarter of this year, indicated the sources. HTC declined to comment on the report. ...more

The phoenix-like Boo rises again

Boo.com rises today from the ashes of its much-publicised demise, thanks to US online clothes firm Fashionmall, which snapped up the rights to the Boo name. It hopes to capitalise on the familiarity of the name with 18 to 30-year-olds, claiming that even when the site had gone under, it was still receiving 35,000 hits a week. ...more

Pentagon defends war on YouTube and MySpace

The Pentagon has defended its decision to block popular websites including YouTube and MySpace on US military computers, saying it needed to keep its network clear for operations. Military officials said they had restricted access to more than a dozen recreational sites because they had registered high levels of use on Department of Defense computers. Rear Adm. ...more