breathe breathes on broadband pricing

breathe, the resuscitated ISP, has cut the price of its broadband package. The ISP has cut the price of its ADSL service to ?25.99 per month. ...more

Major Apple announcements expected today

Apple CEO Steve Jobs' keynote address at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference this evening, UK time. The speech is expected to herald the most significant changes in the history of the Mac in a decade. Jobs is expected to unveil new Power Macs based on IBM's PowerPC 970 processor. ...more

Campaigner vows to 'Make spammers pay'

A campaign has been set up by an Internet marketing specialist to help others take legal action against spammers. This follows his winning of court damages after being sent a single unwanted email. Gordon Dick, 30, has set up a website with the motto 'Make the Spammers Pay!' that tells people how to take to court those who send unsolicited email. ...more

Google Adsense to accept image ads

Google is to expand its AdSense pay per click scheme to include image ads. The search engine is currently piloting a scheme so that websites can include a variety of standard advertising formats as animated GIFs Amongst the sizes accepted under the pilot scheme are Banners at 468 x 60 pixels, Leaderboards at 728 x 90, Inline Rectangles 300 x 250 and Skyscrapers 120 x 600. At the bottom of each image ad will be the URL and a Google feedback link. ...more

IBM donates software to guide Firefox

IBM has announced that it is contributing software to the Firefox Web browser to make it easier for users with visual and motor impairments to use the Web. The code will enable the navigation of websites and Web pages with keystrokes rather than mouse clicks and will make it possible for pages to be automatically narrated or magnified. Also DHTML accessibility technology will let software developers build rich Internet applications that, while relying heavily on visual elements and interactivity, will still be accessible to users with disabilities. ...more