UK games chart: Elder Scrolls hold off Marlon Brando

It's all change in this weeks ELSPA UK games chart. EA's FIFA Street 2 (PSP, PS2, XB and DS) is knocked from the top of the charts, down to four, and there are two new entries in the top three. Straight in at one is The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (PC Xbox 360), 2K Games's fantasy role playing game, involving noble warriors and wizened sorcerers. ...more

Atari lives again

The saying goes: old consoles never die, they simply turn up at car boot sales. But one brand hoping to make a comeback is Atari, the name behind such classics as Space Invaders and the Atari VCS home console system. A report on the Atari Time Machine Web site announces the intention of French games software company, Infogrames, to change its name to Atari by the end of the summer. ...more

Yahoo! calls on record labels for DRM-free downloads

The head of Yahoo!'s digital music service has called for record labels to allow downloads to be sold free of any DRM restrictions. Dave Goldberg told the Music 2.0 conference in Los Angeles that DRM has created a barrier for consumers between their music and what they can do with it, such as transfer it the portable device of their choice. ...more

Turkey tops charts for website defacements

Turkey has been propelled to the top of the charts for website defacements by the work of one man, according to monitoring group Zone-H.org. A hacker using the handle Iskorpitx has apparently rampaged his way across the Internet, defacing nearly 22,000 websites yesterday, and adding a further 17,000 at the latest tally. ...more

Tim O'Reilly interview - O'Reilly on Linux (part 1)

O'Reilly & Associates is celebrating its 25th birthday this year. To mark the event - and coinciding with a visit of Tim O'Reilly to London - we put the important questions to him regarding the battle between IBM and SCO, the fate of Linux, his involvement in the world of open source, and his love of science fiction.. ...more