PlusNet snips its 'Lite' broadband service

PlusNet is cutting ?5 off the price of its 'Lite' 2Mbps broadband service. The ISP is also reducing its pay-as-you-go data charges. From today PlusNet's Broadband Home 2Mb Lite will cost ?14. ...more

Microsoft attempts to invalidate electronic signatures

Microsoft has reached for its lawyers in its bid to quash an attempt to persuade Californians from claiming part of a $1.1 billion fund set up following an antitrust settlement. As we reported, the trouble started when desktop Linux vendor, Linodows. ...more

PlayStation 2 toppled by Gameboy in Japan

A new market survey shows that sales of the PlayStation 2 have slipped in the land of the Rising Sun. A recent market survey of the top game machines, by Nikkei BP, showed that the PS2 has been toppled from the top sales spot that it occupied for 28 weeks since the second week of May. What is the mighty machine that has beaten this next-generation colossus? What powerful force could have sent the PS2 to languish in third place? Is it an early sighting of an Xbox or perhaps a leaked version of the Gamecube? No, it's just that old perennial the Gameboy Color selling more units than ever. ...more

Microsoft to release six updates for Patch Tuesday

Microsoft has issued its advanced notification for next Tuesday's security bulletin, warning to expect six new updates. Windows will receive the lion's share of these, with five destined for the flagship operating system. Microsoft says that these will tackle issues, some of which it ranks as Critical - its most severe rating - and may require systems to be rebooted. ...more

Microsoft launches IE7 for Vista

Microsoft has announced a new version of Internet Explorer 7 especially developed for the forthcoming Vista operating system. The new version which has been dubbed Internet Explorer 7+ adds features that are not available in the version currently planned for existing versions of Windows. The announcement was made by IE team member Tony Schreiner in the Microsoft Internet Explorer blog. ...more