Star Wars: Galaxies - beta bytes

Hands up if you want to beta test Star Wars: Galaxies... ...more

RADSL welcomed by broadband service providers

If you are one of those who were excluded from ADSL because you lived too far from a suitable local exchange, you may welcome the delivery of broadband in RADSL form. Officially, Rate Adaptive DSL (RADSL) services are now available. These extend the availability of broadband from within a 3. ...more

Intel optimises wireless development for XScale devices

Intel has announced new compilers to help developers target XScale-based devices, such as PDAs and mobiles. Specific examples include the latest Palm Tungsten C and the Samsung SGH-i500, the world's first phone to use Palm's OS 5 platform. The compilers should also help with development for Manitoba, Intel's next generation mobile-device system - Intel's chip to make camera phones cheap. ...more

EU hails .eu success

The EU is hailing the .eu address as a resounding success a year after its launch, having already taken seventh place in the global top ten top-level domains (TLDs). According to web hosting company Strato, there are some 2. ...more

GNU servers hacked

The GNU Project has admitted that its FTP servers have been hacked. The organisation says that the servers were compromised as far back as March but only came to light at the end of July. The Free Software Foundation which is the sponsor of GNU says that a root compromise and a Trojan were found on gnuftp. ...more