Crown Prosecution Service targets the Internet

The Crown Prosecution Service has outlined its commitment to combatting crime on the Internet. At a conference on Child Pornography yesterday, the group proposed making possession of violent pornographic material a criminal offence. In addition, a new Centre for Child Protection on the Internet was announced that will support both the police and the child protection authorities in their efforts to target paedophiles trafficking illegal images across the Internet. ...more

Painter 8 makes your screen a canvas

Corel has announced Painter 8, a new version of its digital sketching and painting tool. To try and ensure that Painter 8 replicates the experience and output of traditional media tools, Corel worked closely with professional artists during the development of the product. This has resulted in a redesigned interface, over 400 new brushes and many other new features designed to reproduce on a computer screen everything that artists can create on paper. ...more

UK turns its back on Internet obscenity

It seems that UK ISPs are increasingly getting their act together on refusing to host obscene online content. This is the verdict drawn by the IWF (Internet Watch Foundation), which has released its annual report. The Internet watchdog states that the amount of illegal and obscene material hosted by UK ISPs now represents less than one per cent of the worldwide total. ...more

Comment: What's gone wrong at Dell?

There's one, insurmountable problem about being at the top: the only way is down. For Dell, formerly the world's largest PC maker by a distance, the downward spiral is looking ominously steep. For the crucial fourth quarter of last year, Dell saw its PC shipments slump by more than 8 per cent year-on-year, according to research from IDC. ...more

eBay and Mozilla team up for auctions

eBay and Mozilla have announced a partnership to bring auction services into the Firefox browser. The results of the technology partnership will be rolled out to Firefox and eBay users in the UK, France and Germany. Further detail is scant - the companies say more information on the tie-up will be released before the summer. ...more