BT brings in new measures to stamp out diallers

BT plans to roll out two new initiatives aimed at tackling the problem of Internet diallers. The scam has become widespread over the past couple of years with thousands of internet dial up customers having their machines hijacked into making secret premium rate calls. The first weapon in the armoury is a free software download called BT Modem Protection. ...more

The latest Palm hits the shelves

There are more handheld devices and gadgets than you can shake a stick at these days, but here's one for the most jaundiced of gizmonauts. It's the PaperPalm. Yes, the old technology is the best. ...more

Broadband price cuts announced

Two ISPs have announced broadband special offers in the wake of BT's decision to half the price of ADSL connections during the early part of next year. Nildram are halving the set-up fee to ?25+VAT, starting 6 January. Nildram has been rated the fastest ADSL provider in the UK in the last three months by ADSLguide. ...more

No change at HP post-Fiorina

Following the departure of Fiorina, HP will not be making any great change in direction anytime soon. That was the message sent out by Patricia Dunn, the new non-executive chairman and Robert Wayman the interim CEO. They emphasised that the company would continue the wide portfolio strategy identified with Fiorina and that spinning off or selling parts of the company was not on the table Wayman emphasised that the 'strategy is based around a portfolio of businesses which is unique' and 'is better together than apart' contrary to the speculation that had been swirling around the company for the past few months. ...more

TuneTuzer aims to clarify digital music soup

A UK man has set up a website that compares digital music stores, after realising that if he changes his portable music player then his digital music collection would become 'unusable'. Clifford Singer's TuneTuzer lists the stores currently operating in the UK and US, breaking them down by those offering pay-per-download and those that rely on a monthly subscription payment. Alongside each store he provides the file format used, the typical bit rate, standard prices for single tracks and albums and whether DRM is applied. ...more