BT sets prices for new SDSL broadband services

BT Retail has set prices for its forthcoming SDSL broadband services, although a launch date has not yet been confirmed. The prices also have to be submitted to Ofcom for approval. The SDSL services, which will complete with similar offerings from other ISPs, will be known collectively as BT Business Broadband Advanced and will be available at 0. ...more

Halifax has brought up the rear in a survey of 581 online investors this week.

The poll, carried out by industry analyst Growth Company Investor, revealed nearly two thirds of Halifax Share-Express customers were dissatisfied with the service, with comments that it was 'totally useless' and 'very slow'. Twelve per cent rated the service between 'poor' and 'very poor'. The Halifax did come good, however, when it came to online banking, where the general consensus was that performance and service of the Web site was 'quite good'. ...more

Intel boosts speech-enabled telephony

Voice controlled PDAs to ease mobile Internet use Intel has enhanced its Computer Telephony (CT) Application Development Environment (ADE) to help developers build speech-enabled telephony applications. It might not sound exciting yet, but read on. As the PDA/phone hybrid looks set to become the standard fayre for the mobile device fanatic, questions are being asked as to how much you can actually do on a device with such a small screen. ...more

European publishers back suing Google

European publishers have backed moves by a French news agency to sue Google for copyright infringement. Agence France Presses is suing Google for at least $17.5m because the search engine allows AFP copyright pictures headlines and stories to appear on its Google News service. ...more

iPod music event triggers new launch rumours

Apple has despatched invitations for another music-related special event to be held on 7 September in San Francisco. Referring to the launch of the first iPod four years ago the invitation reads: '1,000 songs in your pocket changed everything. Here we go again. ...more