Advertising Standards knocks Vodafone's 'free calls' ad

Tiscali's dig at a Vodafone TV commercial has won the backing of the Adverts Standards Authority (ASA), which has found the mobile operator in breach of the CAP (Broadcast) Television Advertising Standards Code. The advert in question was set in a bakery where the manager was receiving a number of trivial calls, with the voice over proclaiming 'Like most small firms, we have to make dozens of absolutely vital calls everyday'.. ...more

Forty-seven new broadband exchanges

BT has confirmed broadband ready-for-service dates for another 43 exchanges, though potential users will have to wait until February or March to get connected. ADSL will be available on the following dates from the listed exchanges. ? 25th February 2004:, Galston, Leven, Lochgelly, New Mills ? 10 March 2004:, Billinge, Hale, Hightown (LV), Manor Park, Moore, Rainford ? 17 March 2004:, New Oakley, Stewarton ? 24 March 2004:, Ballingry, Girvan ? 14 April 2004:, Bledlow Ridge, Caton, Chrishall, Clifton Hampden, Coln St Aldwyns, Corscombe, Cranfield, Durley, Enstone, Glenrothes South, Goudhurst, Halland, Hatton-on-Lune, Ide Hill, Longparish, Medbourne Green, Mursley, Pencaitland, Perranporth, Petham, Rhu, Rotherfield Greys, Selborne, Sutterton, Weston, Woodchurch, Wormshill ? 21 April 2004: Dollar However, there are still 145 exchanges that have reached their trigger levels, but are awating RFS dates. ...more

Acrobat 5 announced

Adobe has unveiled the latest version of Acrobat, its PDF creation package. Heralding the age of electronic "network publishing", Adobe has targeted the upgrade at business IT users as well as at the traditional printing and publishing markets. At the recent UK press launch, the company revealed that although around 80 per cent of business documents are forms, approximately 70 per cent of these remain paper based. ...more

UK games chart: A freshly squeezed number one

The city racing game Juiced makes it to number one in this week's ELSPA UK games chart, with the sandals and togas and many headed monsters of God of War being the only new entry. In its fourth week in the chart, THQ's multi-format game climbs from up from three to number one. Last week's top-of-the-pile, Medal of Honor: European Assault, EA's WWII first person shooter, falls one place. ...more

Sun pushes Java further into the mobile space

Sun is focussing on wireless mobile computing in the latest announcements from the SunOne show in San Francisco. As part of the push for Java-based wireless computing, Sun has announced a new testing initiative: the Unified Wireless Java Application Testing Criteria. With other industry players, such as Motorola, Nokia, Siemens, and Sony Ericsson, Sun is aiming to accelerate the secure development of mobile applications. ...more