BT plans 1,000-exchange SDSL expansion

BT Wholesale is to equip a further 1,000 exchanges with SDSL broadband in a 12 month programme beginning in April 2005. Five hundred exchanges will be announced in January, with details of the second phase coming in August. The exchanges will be selected on the basis of feedback from ISPs and the density of SMEs in each area. ...more

Nasdaq threatens Apple with delisting

Apple has been threatened with delisting from the Nasdaq, after the exchange's Listing Qualifications Panel ruled that it is not in compliance with the filing requirements for continued listing. The Nasdaq's decision was prompted by Apple's announcement that it was delaying the filing of its latest Form 10-Q filing, a report on the company's performance during the financial quarter to 1 July. Apple said that it had anticipated Nasdaq's response and has requested a hearing with the Listing Qualifications Panel. ...more

Allofmp3 reappears after three days

Music downloads site Allofmp3 finally reappeared yesterday after three days' absence had spawned rumours that it had been shut down. The disappearance of the controversial Russian operation had followed remarks by the country's president, Vladimir Putin, about the importance of intellectual property, leading to fears that the high profile site had been the victim of a clampdown. However it seems that the downtime may have been down to problems with the new Linux servers it has installed to replace its ageing Windows 2000 boxes. ...more

New anti-trust judge makes first order

The new judge in the Microsoft anti-trust case has made her first ruling, but it is only to set the timetable for a status meeting on the case. Newly-appointed District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, has ordered the two sides to report on the remaining issues by 14 September and set a meeting on the status of the case for the following week. Earlier today, the US Department of Justice again filed a motion to request that the court expedite the schedule of the case. ...more

NTL launches PS2 broadband package

NTL has launched a service for PS2 users who want to share a broadband connection between their computer and the gaming console. Online network gaming for the PS2 was introduced in the UK earlier this month - Interview: PS2 Online hits UK. The NTL service provides gamers with a 600K or 1Mbit cable broadband connection, all the necessary hardware and access to its Broadband Consoles support team, for ?29. ...more