BT defends and extends broadband Britain

BTopenworld's CEO Andy Green has attempted to absolve the company from blame for the low level of broadband Internet usage in the UK, and accused critics of being 'too British'. Speaking at TMA2001 in Brighton, Green claimed that the combined DSL of BTopenworld, NTL and Telewest meant that between 70 and 75 per cent of the population now have access to broadband Internet. Critics talking down the health of broadband Britain, he said, are being 'too British'. ...more

Regulatory compliance cost UK business ?1.6 billion in 2006

The extra ?1.6 billion spent in 2006 on complying with regulations is dulling the UK's competitive edge, a leading business organisation has warned. In its 2007 Burdens Barometer report, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) showed that the cost of regulatory laws hit ?10. ...more

BT preps Movio mobile TV service

BT's mobile TV is coming to a network near you this year. The company claims that a recent trial of its Movio service, offering digital TV and radio services to mobile phones on the Virgin network, has proved a success with the thousand or so triallists involved. BT Movio will be available to any UK carrier, and BT is hoping many will adopt the service, quoting statistics such as 38 per cent being prepared to switch networks in order to receive the service. ...more

Hitachi unleashes PC-TV

Want to watch some telly while surfing the net or playing your favourite game? TV cards in PCs aren't new, but the latest Hitachi PC was designed with multimedia convergence in mind. The Prius Deck 750S5PV is a PC which has a TV tuner and a 100Gb hard drive. "So what?" you say. ...more

What's NeXT for MacBook Pro

Never mind Windows, what every aspiring geek should be running on their MacBook Pro is the doyenne of modern operating systems: NeXT's OpenStep. Mac on Intel has reported that using the new OS X beta of Parallels Workstation plus some old OpenStep boot software still available on the Apple website, installing the NeXT OS on the Intel Mac 'went with very few hitches'. OpenStep was the operating system developed by NeXT, the company Steve Jobs set up during his hiatus from Apple. ...more