US military drafts Napster

Napster has announced an agreement with the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) that gives all branches of the United States military - Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard - access to the Napster 2.0 music service. AAFES is making Napster's catalogue available to over 11. ...more

F-Secure 2005: PC Pro cover disc upgrade

Many readers who took advantage of the F-Secure Internet Security 2005 offer with our August 2005 issue are now receiving pop-up messages saying that it's time to upgrade to F-Secure Internet Security 2006. We have spoken to F-Secure to confirm how this upgrade will take place, and it has confirmed that it will be contacting PC Pro readers directly with full details on how to upgrade. The message will be sent using the normal F-Secure pop-up system. ...more

Mind your head, here comes MIR

A 3D visualisation of MIR's descent from the heavens is being provided on the Web so that if you can't be there at the moment of impact, you'll be able to watch it nice and safely from your browser. And then re-run the event at your leisure. ParallelGraphics is using streamed data from NASA for what they believe is the only real time visualisation of MIR on the Internet. ...more

Apple takes Xserve RAID to 5.6TB

Apple has expanded the capacity of its three Xserve RAID storage configurations, cutting prices in the process. It has also expanded support for heterogeneous environments with certification from Cisco and SUSE Linux and optimised the system to work with its Xsan Storage Area Network file system. Philip Schiller, senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. ...more

Britain goes digital media crazy

Britain is in the midst of a digital revolution. It seems that the UK can't get enough of digital media from broadband to digital television to mobile phones according to the communications watchdog Ofcom. Figures for the communications at home show that while TV and radio usage per week has gone up slightly by two per cent and six per cent respectively, average dial up Internet usage per household went up from 19 minutes to 94 minutes per week between 1999 and 2004. ...more