Sundance films settle online

Organisers of the Sundance film festival have set up a Web site to showcase some of the online films debuting at the Mecca for independent cinema. Three works will be shown each day until 28 Feb and are free to view if you register. You can get to the site here. ...more

ASA cracks down on 'misleading' sponsored web links on Freeserve

In a busy week for the Advertising Standards Authority, the regulatory body has upheld a complaint that search listings provided by the ISP (generated by Overture) were misleading - it was not clear that the results were sponsored links and they were ranked according to the amount of money sponsors had paid. Freeserve argued that each sponsored link had an associated hyperlink that explained the ranking system being used. However, the ASA ruled that 'Because sponsored links were not clearly identified by a headline or title, and the search page did not contain an explanation of the purpose of the hyperlink, the Authority considered that consumers were unlikely to realise that the Overture hyperlink indicated that results were sponsored and concluded that consumers could be misled. ...more

Apple to develop iTunes for Windows

Apple is advertising for a Sr. Software Engineer, 'to desing [sic] and build Apple's newest Consumer Application, iTunes for Windows.' The advertisement at jobs. ...more

Westlife fansite dominates online music chart

The official number one in the UK's downloads chart, Westlife's Flying Without Wings (live), has failed to register anywhere in today's top 100 selling songs on Apple's iTunes Music Store in the UK or the top 10 at Napster. Broadcast for the first time on Radio 1 last night, the chart was compiled from sales at stores including mycokemusic.com, msn. ...more

UK broadband connections overtake dial-ups

The number of broadband connections in the UK has exceeded dial-up usage for the first time. BT figures show that there are now more than 7.4 million broadband users, with two million using cable and 5. ...more