PlayStation2 edit opens the Web

Owners of Sony's online gaming kit in the UK can now get out of Sony's walled garden and on to the rest of the Web by pointing their networking kit to look at a Web page that incorporates browsing capabilities. By changing the IP address that the network card looks for when it connects to the Internet to 217.33. ...more

Six pirates arrested in Merseyside counterfeit haul

Trading standards officers seized counterfeit games and films worth ?800,000, including titles such as 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas' and 'FIFA 2005'. Six people were arrested in the raids on Merseyside made last Wednesday. The swoop at the Aintree computer fair and involved Sefton Trading Standards, Merseyside Police and FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft). ...more

Google buys stake in Chinese filesharing

Google has acquired a stake in China's Xunlei Network Technology, which provides file-sharing and other services, a Google spokesperson said yesterday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed by Google, although the China Daily earlier reported that Xunlei planned to announce the details soon. Google is reportedly partnering Ceyuan Ventures, a Shanghai-based venture capital firm for the investment, the newspaper said. ...more

Yes your Honour, the modem is connected

The Lord Chancellor's department has released plans to haul the Dickensian processes of the Civil Courts into the cyber age. Modernising the Civil Courts is a consultation paper that proposes "paperless court rooms". Evidence could be submitted electronically, and even more surprisingly, writs could be settled online. ...more

Symantec blocks 'malicious' AOL

Security firm Symantec was rushing to reassure irate AOL users at the end of last week after the Intrusion Detection signature that was loaded with the latest update prevented people from logging into the ISP. The problem arose with the regular 15 March LiveUpdate and affected both Norton AntiVirus itself or, as a part of Norton SystemWorks, Norton Internet Security and Norton Personal Firewall. As a result, traffic coming from AOL was deemed to be malicious and prevented users from connecting to the service. ...more