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  • 05 May 2006

  • News: Yahoo announces My Web 2.0

    Yahoo has today announced the release of My Web 2.0, a service aimed to enable users to create their own personal internet archive which they can then access from any computer.

  • News: Music downloads crash NHS system

    The IT system at a hospital in Kent was down for two days because it had been overwhelmed by staff downloading music for their digital music players, according to reports.

  • News: Microsoft to boost online map offering

    Microsoft has bought Vexcel, a company that makes products for creating maps from aerial and satellite photographs, in an effort to boost its local search and online-mapping services.

  • News: Microsoft prepares to release critical patches

    Microsoft next week plans to release critical patches for several products, including two updates for known vulnerabilities, according to its monthly security update.

  • News: Intel attempts to stymie AMD lawsuit

    Intel this week filed a motion to dismiss part of an antitrust lawsuit by AMD in the US District Court in Delaware.

  • News: First Blu-ray Disc movies delayed

    Sony will delay by a month the launch of its first titles on the Blu-ray Disc format, it said yesterday.

  • 04 May 2006

  • News: Yahoo faces class-action lawsuit

    An antispyware activist has filed a class-action lawsuit against Yahoo, accusing the internet company of placing adverts on spyware-vendor and 'low-quality' sites.

  • News: Nokia, ATI to collaborate on multimedia

    In an effort to drive the development of multimedia capabilities for Nokia phones, the world's largest handset maker is partnering up with ATI, the companies said today.

  • News: UK mobile, online music service launches

    Music-recognition service Shazam has launched a subscription-based mobile and online music service, the Ultimate Music Discovery Engine.

  • News: Trojan lurks in World Cup email

    German football fans have been complaining vociferously about the performance of their national team, recently humbled 4-1 by Italy, ahead of next month's World Cup.However, they've got problems of a different kind now in the shape of a Trojan, masquerading in a downloadable tournament fixture list.

  • News: Microsoft attempts to capture online ads

    Microsoft plans today to launch its sales service for search-engine advertising in the US, the company said. The move will open the way for Microsoft to challenge Google's model for search advertising revenue.

  • News: NEC to show off its first HD-DVD drive

    NEC has stated that it will be showing off its first HD-DVD drive at the Computer Trade Show in Birmingham next week.

  • News: Antispam vigilantes turn into victims

    A drive to stop spammers targetting particular email addresses misfired earlier this week, after a spammer began to send large quantities of unsolicited email to members of a "Do Not Spam" list.

  • News: Faster Wi-Fi standard draft gets stuck

    The proposed IEEE 802.11n wireless-LAN standard failed to progress in a vote earlier this week. The opposing factions in the IEEE's 11n task force immediately stated opposing interpretations of the nature of the setback.

  • News: French bill amendments could help Apple

    French legislators may can proposals to require online music retailers to use interoperable DRM systems to protect their stock when a copyright bill is debated today.

  • 03 May 2006

  • News: Community Patent moving closer, says EU

    The EC today intimated that progress has been made toward developing an EU patent agreement - a dream of statesmen across Europe for over 30 years.

  • News: Skype conference calling to support 100 callers

    Skype is piloting a community conference call service, which can support as many as 100 callers. It's also offering a beta version of its internet calling software designed for easier use.

  • News: EU to mandate battery recycling

    Manufacturers and resellers of batteries for devices including laptops and phones will be obliged to dispose of spent batteries, and new batteries will be restricted in the amount of mercury and cadmium they can contain.

  • News: BBC releases video-search widget

    The BBC's film-footage licensing arm, BBC Motion Gallery has released a Dashboard widget for Mac OS X that lets users search its online film archives without a browser.

  • News: Polycom announces Skype-certified device

    Californian communications company Polycom yesterday announced the launch of the Communicator, a Skype-certified speakerphone.

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