Ofcom favours wireless MP3 transmitters

Ofcom has proposed the legalisation of low-power FM transmitters which can be used to wirelessly connect portable audio devices to radios and in-car entertainment systems. The volte-face over devices such as the iPod-compatible iTrip follows a six-week investigation of whether such simple and low cost devices, widely used in other countries, could be used in the UK without interfering with broadcast services. 'Ofcom is responding to growing consumer demand for the use of these devices and has led negotiations in Europe to develop a harmonised approach to their use by late autumn 2006,' the regulator said in a statement. ...more

Netgear buys network storage firm

Netgear has completed the acquisition of Infrant Technologies, a networked storage provider. Netgear, best known for its networking products such as broadband modem/routers, paid $60 million for the privately held start-up that specialises in providing enterprise-level storage technology to small businesses and home users. Its ReadyNAS family of networked RAID storage features a proprietary network storage processor and the Linux-based RAIDiator operating system. ...more

Symantec takes SystemWorks into 2005

Symantec has updated its SystemWorks data protection and problem solving suite. Norton SystemWorks 2005 includes a full version of Norton GoBack, which allows users to try and overcome PC problems by rolling-back to a time-point when software and data were valid. Note that Windows XP has a basic versions of this feature built-in. ...more

DIY cereal - Internet style

Are you choking on your corn flakes or fed-up with your Frosties? A new Web site could banish those early-morning, cereal blues. General Mills has announced its new Web site mycereal.com for all you people who have strong ideas on what you want in your breakfast bowl. ...more

Learning about Enterprise JavaBeans

If you're self-motivated to get to grips with enterprise-scale Java, there's a new CD-ROM-based course from Borland covering the use of Enterprise JavaBeans. Part of Borland's e-learning series, Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) Development Fundamentals is intended to be an interactive introduction to the features and benefits of this technology. Think of JavaBeans as special Java components, and the server-side Enterprise variety - part of the Java 2 platform - extends their scope, for example to work across networks in a distributed fashion. ...more