UK games chart: MotoGP '06 races in

This week's ELSPA games chart sees the top two swap position, with Lara still holding on in third place. With a certain sporting contest having kicked off somewhere in Western Europe, EA Sports' FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 (PC, PS2, Xbox and Xb360) returns to number one. Eidos's action-shooter game, Hitman: Blood Money (PC, PS2, X360, Xb), drops back to two. ...more

Broadreach set to push down the cost of wireless access

Broadband on the move specialist Broadreach Networks is set to fix its wireless access pricing at ?3 per hour. This would put it at about half the price of its major competitor BT Openzone. The company is also considering a contract deal of ?30-?35 for six months. ...more

Windows CE to take the PDA to consumers

A recent Gartner report suggests that the slowing European PDA market is only sustained by corporate buying. Q2 shipments for market leader Palm were down nearly 42 per cent on the corresponding quarter last year, although it retained its lead with 32.3 per cent. ...more

Curtains go up on UnitedLinux

First public beta for release end of the month. UnitedLinux, the Linux server edition of the SuSE, TurboLinux, Conectiva and Caldera coalition will offer a 'closed' public beta of version one at the end of September, with the boxed version scheduled for the end of November. UnitedLinux will provide the underlying technology for each company's own branded Enterprise Server edition which will bear the slogan 'powered by UnitedLinux'. ...more

BT goes all MSN with 192

BT Retail announces plans to revolutionise directory services post Oftel's deregulation of 192. With its newly acquired Scoot listings, BT Retail will transform its directory services to offer business classifieds, entertainment listings, weather forecasts, sports results and share prices. The biggest change for those accessing the service by phone will be the fact that the number has changed to 118 500, although you'll still get a human, rather than a computer, answering your calls. ...more