UK grabs lion's share of pirated TV

The popularity of US shows has made the UK the largest downloader of illegal copies of TV programmes. According to new research by Envisional the 150 per cent rise in copying in the last year is a result of increased bandwidth, new technology such as DVD recorders and the fact that copies of shows are on the Internet hours after they are shown in the US but months before they make it to the UK. The UK accounts for 18 per cent of worldwide copying. ...more

Hawaiian-born 'wiki' gains English home

If you think 'wiki' doesn't sound like English, you are right. But it's English now. The word born on the Pacific Island of Hawaii has finally got an entry into the latest edition of the online Oxford English Dictionary, along with a few hundred others. ...more

FBI gets the marketing bug

FBI's infamous Internet monitoring system, Carnivore, is no more. But it hasn't ceased to exist; it's just got a new name. The surveillance tools - that are installed on a US ISP's network with federal authority - are to be called DCS1000, which is certainly nicely anonymous. ...more

1Gbit memory gears up for volume

Spansion has begun sampling what it claims to be the world's first one gigabit single-chip of NOR Flash Memory. Rather than mobile phones, the memory is targeted at a range of embedded applications, including gaming and industrial control as well as auto-navigation systems and comms infrastructure equipment. The 1Gbit chip is part of the MirrorBit GL family, based on the company's MirrorBit technology. ...more

US Marines play Operation Flashpoint

Life imitates art imitates soldiers... ...more