Creative ready 24-bit colour Webcam

Creative Labs has announced a high-end Webcam that can capture VGA movies in 24-bit colour (16.7 million of them) at 15fps. The detachable PC-CAM 300 can record 75 seconds of movie footage or 30 minutes of audio on its 8Mb built-in memory. ...more

Microsoft offers new support for WiFi security

Microsoft has announced a free download that adds in XP support for the new WiFi wireless security standard WiFi Protected Access (WPA). The download, available at the Microsoft Web site, addresses security concerns over the WEP (Wireless Encryption Protocol) that was proved 'crackable' more than a year ago. Since then, stories have abounded over corporate appetite for the latest wireless networks that have been implemented by default with security controls switched off, or with the flawed WEP protocol. ...more

Disabled mother takes on RIAA

A disabled single mother from Oregon has filed a countersuit against the US record industry after it accused her of file sharing and demanded compensation. Forty-two year old Tanya Anderson claims that she has absolutely no interest whatsoever in the gangster rap she was alleged to have downloaded. Her countersuit accuses the Recording Industry Association of America of several crimes including fraud, deceptive business practices and racketeering. ...more

ASA investigates 'free' ISPs

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has demanded a crack down on misleading claims by 'free' ISPs, with ntl and BT in the frame. The ASA has received around 170 complaints about cable operator and ISP ntl. The problems lie with the fact that ntl couldn't cope with the demand for its ntlworld unmetered service, and had stopped sending out access CDs - yet was still advertising and distributing fliers encouraging customers to sign up. ...more

Blogger moves subscription features to free service

Blogger.com, the popular web logging site owned by Google, is moving many of the features previously found only in the Blogger Pro subscription service to the free blogger service. Blogger Pro will be wound down and not offered as a separate service. ...more