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  • 12 April 2007

  • News: European mobile-phone bills set to tumble

    A European law cutting the costs of mobile-phone roaming fees today moved closer to adoption. A European Parliament committee supported the change proposed by the European Commission, despite pressure from phone companies.

  • Opinion: Want to stop spam email? Try an earthquake

    The amount of spam email originating in China dropped dramatically in the first three months of 2007, according to security vendor Sophos. This bucked a trend of growth in worldwide spam. But while the Chinese government and ISPs have worked hard to cut back on junk email, experts feel that its biggest spam-prevention mechanism was... an earthquake. That's big.

  • Opinion: Beatles music one step closer to iTunes

    After losing to Apple Computer (now Apple Inc) on the Mac maker's use of its fruit-shaped logo on iTunes, The Beatles' record label Apple Corps has now settled its royalties dispute with music giant EMI – removing the last barrier to the Fab Four's legendary music catalogue becoming available for legal digital download via services such as iTunes.

  • News: Sony to launch first OLED TV

    Sony is hoping to steal a lead on rivals this year by launching televisions that use OLED (organic light emitting diode) displays.

  • News: Linux USB stick can replace Windows

    Now the geeks can have a full-featured Linux OS booted from a USB stick or thumb drive. Linux distributor Mandriva's Flash 4GB provides Mandriva Linux 2007 KDE 32bit, which needs no installation - being ready to boot off the USB 2.0 stick. Plug in the stick, turn on the PC, and Mandriva Linux is ready to use in a few seconds.

  • News: UK mobile phone ticketing breakthrough

    Chiltern Railways has installed self-service scanners to read mobile tickets sent as barcodes to passengers' phones in the second phase of a pilot project.

  • News: MySpace blocks users' Photobucket content

    Web mashups are all the rage, but sometimes they enrage, as evidenced by a spat between social-networking firm MySpace and Photobucket, which runs an eponymous photo and video sharing site.

  • News: Google, Yahoo & Microsoft upgrade Sitemap

    The rare collaboration between search rivals Google, Yahoo and Microsoft over site maps has yielded its first result.

  • News: Google search boss 'punches' Microsoft exec

    Microsoft and Google officials have traded comparisons of their enterprise search products to their rival's during a technology conference in San Francisco.

  • News: Microsoft lawyer backs Vista-capable claims

    Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, insists there was no 'Windows Vista Capable' con, despite his company's efforts to reword the techical requirements for premium Vista PCs

  • News: Free Opera update available now

    Opera Software has released Opera 9.2, a new version of the company's free multiplatform web browser that's available for immediate download.

  • News: iTunes gets MGM movies

    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and Apple on have announced that MGM is now offering its movies for purchase and download from Apple’s iTunes Store in the US.

  • News: Microsoft Office 2007 add-on ditches Ribbon

    A Chinese developer is turning back the clock with an add-on to Microsoft's Office 2007 that returns traditional menus to the suite's applications.

  • 11 April 2007

  • News: International mobile phone bills drop

    The threat of regulation has prompted numerous mobile phone operators to begin dropping their fees. A key European Parliament committee votes tomorrow on a proposal to lower mobile phone roaming charges.

  • News: Apple laptop sales slip, iPod still rules

    Having just sold its 100 millionth iPod, Apple tops the MP3 category in the 'US Top Selling Computer Hardware for February 2007' report. But it's not all good news for Apple. Despite a strong showing in January, in February 2007 the company doesn't even feature in the laptop category.

  • News: Wikipedia attacked by Larry Sanger

    The education secretary, Alan Johnson, has come under fire for saying the Wikipedia is 'a force for good'. The site's own co-founder, Larry Sanger, said that the community that produces Wikipedia was "often dysfunctional", the content was unreliable and that Wikipedia had serious management problems.

  • Opinion: Education minister slammed for promoting Wikipedia

    UK education secretary Alan Johnson has been criticised for suggesting that students use Wikipedia for homework - but I think he's on to something.

  • Opinion: Founder slams Wikipedia as 'broken beyond repair'

    Larry Sanger, the founder of the Wikipedia online encyclopaedia, has blasted the UK Education Secretary Alan Johnson for suggesting that the popular reference website is a good educational tool for children.

  • News: Microsoft investigates Office 2007 flaws

    Security experts have discovered vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word 2007, and other software. Hackers have not yet exploited the Word 2007 flaws, however.

  • News: Google to run worldwide developer day

    Google is trying to encourage more developers to use its web services software platform by running a 27-hour-long "Developer Day" on 31 May.

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