Mozilla sets up corporate subsidiary

The Mozilla Foundation, the organisation behind the Firefox browser, is to set up a corporate subsidiary to manage the increasing business demands of its projects. By creating the Mozilla Corporation, the Foundations believes, it will be able to widen the appeal of Firefox and other free software projects such as the Thunderbird email client under development. The Mozilla Corporation emphasises that its software will remain free. ...more

UK games chart: Need for Speed is the New Year's number one

Unsurprisingly, the post-Christmas games market is a bit sluggish, according to this week's ELSPA UK games chart. It's a New Year but EA's multi-format street racing game Need For Speed: Most Wanted remains in pole position. Despite all the simian-based hype around the Kong movie, no amount of dinosaur stampeding can lift Ubisoft's multi-format spin-off, King Kong: Official Game of The Movie up from second place. ...more

Tosh offer out-of-the-box ?400 hot-spot

Toshiba has launched its ?399 hot-spot-in-a-box product, designed to make wirelessly enabling public spaces more commercially viable. The wireless router can be attached to any broadband connection - be it DSL, cable or ISDN - as it has a range of interfaces, including Ethernet. It is also hooked into a billing system provided by Accenture, and Toshiba provides free help-desk support. ...more

HMV relaunches online music service

HMV has showcased its relaunched music download service, HMV Digital, which officially launches on Monday 5 September. Having dipped its toe in the water with its previous OD2-based offering, the company is now throwing its weight behind a MusicNet-based, Microsoft-oriented service. It supports both the permanent download of individual tracks from the HMV Digital Store and a monthly subscription service, HMV Unlimited, to access all the music. ...more

HP claims breakthrough in ink jet printer technology

HP has introduced a new ink jet technology that, it claims, will revolutionise the ink jet print market over the coming years. The new print head technology not only provides more accurate printing but also cuts HP's manufacturing costs by half. The secret behind the new print technology is in the manufacture of the print head itself. ...more