PlusNet focuses on legit activities for Premier service

PlusNet has revealed a slight change to its operating policy for its Premier customers. The ISP has announced that it has begun 'traffic shaping' during peak hours, to favour users who are surfing, gaming and using email over users who are file-sharing. Having played around with various forms of bandwidth control, PlusNet settled on traffic shaping earlier this year and it is standard on its Plus services. ...more

Apple updates RAID storage, software

Apple has increased the amount of storage available in its Xserve RAId system. The 10.5TB capacity comprises 14 750GB Ultra ATA drives as a build to order option and costs an additional ?1,260 (inc. ...more

Apple Inc and Apple Corp settle

The war of the Apples is over as Steve Jobs' Apple Inc and The Beatles' Apple Corp reach a new agreement. Apple Inc will now own all of the trademarks related to 'Apple' but will license some of them back to Apple Corps. 'We love the Beatles,' said Steve Jobs, Apple Inc's CEO, 'and it has been painful being at odds with them over these trademarks. ...more

Novell and IBM speed up Linux apps for SUSE

Novell-owned SUSE is to hand out copies of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and documentation to independent software houses building software on the SUSE distribution of Linux. For its part IBM is to open up nine IBM Innovation Centers in North America, Europe and Asia to enable products to be certified quickly for the SUSE Linux on IBM hardware and software. 'The momentum behind Linux is growing daily,' said IBM's Buell Duncan, general manager of ISV and Developer Relations. ...more

Sky unveils broadband service

BSkyB has launched its new broadband internet access service, Sky Broadband, available to customers of its digital satellite TV service who are covered by the company's broadband network. The service comprises three products: the free 2Mbps Broadband Base; Broadband Mid which costs ?5 a month for 8Mbps and a, relatively high, 40GB monthly usage limit; and for ?10, Broadband Max, with speeds up to 16Mbps and optional free engineer-installation (costs ?50 for other packages). Sky's Net ambitions have been no secret since it acquired networks company Easynet for ?211mn last year, giving it a considerable slice of the burgeoning LLU market. ...more