Portugal opens online box office for Euro 2004 football tickets

You can now apply for tickets online for the forthcoming Euro 2004, the football championship hosted by Portugal. The site in question is www.euro2004. ...more

The PDA that thinks it's a laptop

Part laptop, part handheld, the AlphaSmart Dana, which has just been released in the UK, is designed as a low-cost alternative to notebooks. The Dana comprises a full-size keyboard and a wide, 560x160 pixel display in a 0.9kg package just 31. ...more

Lavigne label defends 'file-sharer'

Canada's leading independent record label has volunteered to pay all the legal fees and any fines of a Texas family facing legal action over p2p file sharing in the US. Among the tracks David Gruebel's family is accused of sharing is Avril Lavigne's 'Sk8er Boi' and it is Lavigne's label, Nettwerk Music Group, that has leapt to his defence. 'Suing music fans is not the solution, it's the problem,' said Terry McBride, Nettwerk's CEO. ...more

Apple to hold another 'special event' next week

Apple will hold another of its 'special events' next week, a little over a month since the last one where CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPod nano. The event, to be held next Wednesday, 12 October, is heralded with the tagline 'One more thing.. ...more

Orange 'Anytime' browsing capped to 30MB a month

Orange has placed an incredibly stingy 30MB download cap on its so-called Monthly Anytime Browsing package. The mobile phone operator was widely congratulated when it announced the new unmetered tariffs last month, which allowed customers to surf 'without worrying about the cost' for up to ?8 per month. However, Orange has now confessed the cap on downloads is limited to just 30MB - which is hardly the data Shangri-La customers may have been expecting. ...more