Goldfish race through the net

The world of online gambling has presented snail and hamster racing as cutting-edge sports, but things now smell a little fishy in the virtual betting shop. Bookmaker William Hill has decided to augment its line-up of sporting events with the new and exciting phenomenon of goldfish racing. For those of you who haven't come across this fascinating sport, it involves six goldfish in a swimming race and, if necessary, the winner can be decided by a photo finish. ...more

OneTouch provides one touch backups

Maxtor has unveiled a new version of its hard drive-based automatic back up system, the OneTouch II. Once connected via USB or FireWire, the 250GB and 300GB drives' Retrospect software can be configured to automatically scan all local volumes and back them up once a day. Data can be secured by password protecting the contents of the drive. ...more

Palm embraces Bluetooth

Handheld maker Palm has announced a Bluetooth SD card to add wireless connectivity to its devices equipped with a Palm Expansion Card Slot. The card enables the handhelds to connect over distances as far as 10 metres with any other Bluetooth-equipped device, such as mobile phones, printers and laptops, and to create a PAN (personal area network) comprising up to eight Palms. Equipped with a Bluetooth enabled handheld and phone, users can dial a phone number directly from the Palm address book and send SMS text messages and emails. ...more

192.com launches Phone Tracker

Here's an interesting one, 192.com has launched a new tracking service of mobile users - Phone Tracker. It is marketed as bringing peace of mind to parents and businesses alike - the location of kids could be checked unobtrusively, for example, or deliveries could be monitored. ...more

Motorola aims to topple Blackberry

The world's second biggest mobile phone manufacturer Motorola is taking a tilt at the Blackberry market with a new mobile phone plus keyboard. Running on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0 for Smartphone software, Motorola claims that the product is the thinnest and lightest keyboard plus phone combo around. ...more