BT to double SDSL coverage

BT Wholesale is to double the number of exchanges that can provide SDSL broadband services. By increasing the number of exchanges from 150 to 300, BT will also widen the geographical coverage beyond its current base in the major metropolitan areas. SDSL (synchronous digital subscriber line) provides equal upstream and downstream bandwidth and is primarily suitable for businesses that have large upstream requirements, including email and uploading data to the Web. ...more

Ask Jeeves asks Google

Ask Jeeves has picked the Google AdWords system on its UK site to supply sponsored links. The deal is said to be 'exclusive' which presumably means that Ask Jeeves UK will be dropping Espotting from its listings. The Google AdWords will be in addition to Ask Jeeves UK's advertising and pay per inclusion programmes. ...more

ACS launches two new MP3 players

Japanese multimedia specialist ACS Innovations launched two new CD-R-based MP3 players at the recent World PC Expo 2000. The Compro MPCD-455 looks very much like a standard portable CD player, but it can read CD-Rs comprising MP3 files as well as standard audio CDs. The unit comes with AA NiCad batteries and has a handy recharging function. ...more

New graphics cards from ATI

Graphics kingpin ATI has introduced four new graphics cards ranges aimed at the top end gamer. The PCI Express cards are based on the Radeon X1900 GPU previously known as the R580. The Radeon X1900 XT and Radeon X1900 XTX are aimed squarely at the gaming market. ...more

Two more 'vertical' domains near final stages of approval

Two potential new second level domains have taken a step nearer. ICANN, which oversees the development of the internet and the naming conventions on which it is based, has said that two candidate registries .travel and . ...more