Porn site wins 5K competition

If you can cast your mind back to the middle of April, you might be able to remember a story about an online competition to find the best code crammed into 5K of memory. Anyway, the results are in and the best entrant in the competition has been decided. The winning code actually came from the PixxxelChix Web site and proved that pornography doesn't have to be dirty or smutty, unless you have really poor eyesight. ...more

Palm PDAs leak on to the Internet

Details of two new Palm PDAs have been leaked onto the Internet. Engadget reveals that the Tungsten TX has a 320 x 480 pixel, 65,000 colour LCD , built-in 802.11b WiFi, Bluetooth 1. ...more

High Court absolves ISPs for libelous Web postings

The High Court has absolved three UK ISPs of any liability for potentially libelous Web postings made by their customers. John Bunt was attempting to sue three individuals and their service providers - AOL, BT and Tiscali - for postings on a Usenet message board. Bunt's lawyers based their case on the basis of the 2001 Godfrey v Demon Internet ruling that determined that Demon was liable for posts on its own news server, although the post has been made by an unknown person via another ISP. ...more

BBC under fire for adverts

Hugo Drayton, Managing Director of Hollinger Telegraph New Media has voiced his anger amongst increasing criticism of the way the BBC is marketing its digital services. He said: "Those publishers and employees who are striving hard to make their businesses succeed are rightly appalled and angered by the blatant cross-promotion, particularly in television, of the BBC's website." The BBC argues that investing in its BBC Online division is in accordance with its original remit to give licence payers access to new technology. ...more

Clara tops broadband speed league

Adslguide.org has published the results of its latest speed test for UK broadband suppliers, with Clara.net coming out on top. ...more