Skype comes clean over China censor

Skype has admitted that its partner in China has filtered text messages, but claims that compliance with local censorship laws is a necessary evil if it is to continue operating in the world's most populous country. Niklas Zennstr?m, chief executive of the Internet telephony company told the Financial Times that its Chinese partner, Tom Online, had censored messages including words and names such as Dalai Lama. 'Tom had implemented a text filter, which is what everyone else in that market is doing,' Zennstr?m said. ...more

New p2p service uses Gmail storage

Ever wondered what you might do with the 2GB storage provided by Google's Gmail service? A Dutch student Robbie Groenewoudt has come up with a novel solution. His new service, known as G2G Exchange combines the storage capacity of Gmail with p2p technology to create a new file-sharing service. The new service requires that a user reveals some login information, so it is not something that you would want to use for a personal email service. ...more

Microsoft to sponsor Wembley Stadium

The Football Association, which is building the new Wembley Stadium has announced a five-year sponsorship deal with Microsoft. It is believed to be worth ?5m. As a 'Founding Partner' in the construction of the Stadium, Microsoft UK will support the new home of English football over its final stage of construction and for the first four years of its operational life. ...more

Netgear buys network storage firm

Netgear has completed the acquisition of Infrant Technologies, a networked storage provider. Netgear, best known for its networking products such as broadband modem/routers, paid $60 million for the privately held start-up that specialises in providing enterprise-level storage technology to small businesses and home users. Its ReadyNAS family of networked RAID storage features a proprietary network storage processor and the Linux-based RAIDiator operating system. ...more

New Duron for Windows XP

A 1.1GHz Duron is AMD's latest offering for mainstream desktop PCs. With Windows XP due to appear on the shelves, AMD is emphasising the multimedia capabilities of the new chip - as well as hardware-based data pre-fetch, it uses 3DNow! Professional technology. ...more