Ericsson reveals the best of all connections

Ericsson, along with Verizon Wireless, has demonstrated its industry-first multi-access CDMA2000, allowing users to always get the best data connection, whether over a CDMA network, 802.11b or Bluetooth. It's the goal of the Personal Area Network (PAN) to provide 'best-access' to a terminal wherever it's being used. ...more

eDonkey foresees P2P doom

The president of a leading peer-to-peer software company has conceded that the file sharing business as it stands has little hope of surviving. Sam Yagan, resident of MetaMachine which makes eDonkey, told the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary that the recent Supreme Court ruling against P2P operator Grokster had left other operators with little option but seek another business model that does not enable their software to be used in a potentially illegal manner. Yagan says that this is not because the court has ruled definitively that P2P software is illegal - it hasn't - but because the cost of proving otherwise is too great. ...more

Clara.net provides global Web access

Clara.net has signed up to iPass, a system that enable computer users to connect to the Internet worldwide. As nearly all ISPs are restricted to just one country, connecting to the Internet when you are away on business or on holiday usually requires the use of an expensive mobile or hotel phone connection. ...more

Google attacked for 'hostility to privacy'

Google has an 'entrenched hostility to privacy', according to new report. The Web search leader's commitment to consumer privacy came under fire from Privacy International, a group that has previously singled it out for criticism. The London-based group released a report on Saturday entitled 'A Race to the Bottom - Privacy Ranking of Internet Service Companies'. ...more

Hitachi joins the battery recall list

Hitachi has joined the growing list of computer makers that have recalled Sony-manufactured laptop batteries. The company has announced that it will replace 16,000 batteries installed in Flora 210W and Flora Se210 portables. Apple, Dell, Fujitsu, IBM, Lenovo and Toshiba have already begun recalls, while Acer is investigating whether it needs to join them. ...more