Germans join Japanese in WAP charging

German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom, following the lead given by Japan's NTT DoCoMo, has announced that it will be charging users to access certain Web sites on mobile phones from November, with plans to do the same in the UK in conjunction with One 2 One. The company's mobile Internet portal is set to charge the equivalent of about ?6 for a package of services including sports, financial and music news and a food guide. A similar service is then planned for the UK and Austria. ...more

UPDATED: Apple takes iMac to 1.25GHz

Apple has overhauled its iMac line-up with faster processors and accelerated graphics. The two 17in SuperDrive models now boast 1.25GHz G4 processors with Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 Ultra graphics cards, and prices lower than their 1GHz predecessors. ...more

UK High Court frees BPI to pursue AllofMP3

The British recording industry, in the shape of the BPI, has the Russian downloads site AllofMP3.com in its legal sights. The British trade association has been granted permission by the UK High Court to serve legal proceedings in Russia against the controversial website. ...more

Apple entices shoppers with one day of exclusive deals

Apple is holding a 'special one-day shopping event' on Friday 1 December at both its UK retail stores and online. As well as a 'host' of exclusive deals available for one-day only, each retail store will have DJs playing throughout the day and a live musical performance at 7pm. For more information on the Ready. ...more

AMD slashes prices, introduces XP-M 3000+

AMD has matched Intel's price cutting with a round of its own. Leading the way, in percentage terms, are the 64-bit Opteron servers. The 8-way 800 models have been cut by as much as 40 per cent (the 844), with the 200 and 100 models also seeing cuts of up to a third. ...more