MySpace CEO defends safety after users arrested

The CEO of MySpace has defended the safety of the wildly popular social networking website after two man were arrested in the US to face charges of sexually abusing children they contacted through the site. Chris DeWolfe claimed that MySpace is no more dangerous than the real world. 'If you go to the mall and start talking to strange people, bad things can happen,' he said. ...more

Hotspot operators strike international roaming deal

Five international wireless operators, including BT, have signed a series of roaming agreements to provide Wi-Fi access at 20,000 hotspots across eleven countries. The four other operators involved are StarHub (covering Singapore), T-Mobile (covering Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, UK, US), Telstra (covering Australia) and Telecom Italia (covering Italy). It means BT Openzone users will be able to use their existing subscriptions for wireless broadband at these international hotspots. ...more

WLAN Event: US Robotics introduces 802.11g Wireless Turbo range

Faster and more secure wireless networking is the boast of US Robotics and its new 802.11g Wireless Turbo range. 'The advantage of the Wireless Turbo product line is our exclusive Accelerator Technology, which provides 54Mbit/sec accelerated to 100Mbit/sec performance,' said Tony Field, a US Robotics Product Marketing Manager. ...more

Web services for all, promises IBM

A single development environment for delivering Web services is IBM's promise for WebSphere Studio Version 5. The idea is to make it easier to create Web services from existing software, covering multiple platforms as well as legacy applications involving older programming languages. That's Linux as well as Windows, and using Java too. ...more

3G fares badly under DoCoMo tests

NTT DoCoMo is concerned over 3G's capability to handle large video and sound downloads, one of the key revenue streams for operators of the new high-speed mobile networks. Keiichi Enoki, who heads up DoCoMo's i-mode Internet service, said that, after testing the technology, it would be too expensive for consumers to download large files, such as pop videos. He said: "We will perhaps offer short video clips of ten to 15 seconds and previews of music that people can purchase to download at home through their PCs or TVs. ...more