Yahoo! and BT team up for broadband bonanza

Yahoo!, one of the Internet's most conspicuous brands, is to make its first UK foray into broadband services following a deal with BT announced today. The deal means BT Broadband customers will receive Yahoo! UK Plus, though when it will be available has not yet been announced. It will also be available to other broadband users, at a price. ...more

UK lawyers warn of downloads clampdown

UK lawyers are keeping a close eye on the US record industry's legal moves against individuals it believes have been illegally sharing music files over the Internet. Andrew Curwen, a partner in law firm Rowe Cohen, says that the success or failure of prosecutions in the US could have implications not just for individual file sharers in the UK, but also for companies whose employees share files at work. The UK record industry's body, the BPI, has said that it is monitoring the situation in the US before deciding whether to take any action here. ...more

RIAA flags concern over digital radio

The US record industry has asked regulators to adopt measure to prevent music 'piracy' from digital radio broadcasts. Although the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) says it is not against the recording of the CD-quality transmissions, it wants the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt rules 'that would protect music played through digital radio receivers from widespread piracy'. Primarily, the RIAA is concerned about the automated recording of individual songs - often from a preset 'wishlist' - and their subsequent distribution over the Internet. ...more

Sharp heralds 'world first' 3D monitor

Japanese manufacturer Sharp has launched, what it says, is the world's first 3D TFT monitor. The LL-151-3D monitor delivers 3D image by displaying slightly different images to the left and right eyes. These perspectives are offset from each other at the same ratio as the brain expects in a real 3D image and it therefore interprets them as having 'depth'. ...more

UK MPs on spam trip to the US

Hot on the heels of the UK's opt-in spam-canning moves, a delegation of parliamentary MPs and members of the APIG (all party Internet group) are US-bound to lobby US lawmakers on legislating against spam. e-Envoy Andrew Pinder will join members of APIG, including Derek Wyatt MP, Brian White MP and Andrew Miller MP, in a three-day meeting with US Senators and officials to try and bring US spam law in line with the tighter controls being put in place in the UK and EU. In particular, they are looking for the US to agree an opt-in policy, where users opt in to receiving unsolicited correspondence, rather than having to opt out. ...more