European mobile companies queue up for iTunes phone

With Apple seemingly poised to unveil Motorola's iTunes phone at its 'special event' later this week in San Francisco and announce that network operator Cingular will carry the phone in the US, European mobile companies are now queuing up to bring the phone across the Atlantic. O2 is reputedly looking to offer the phone in the UK, while German giant T-Mobile said at a Berlin tradeshow that it plans to carry it. All parties declined to comment. ...more

Macromedia unveils SiteSpring web collaboration tool

Macromedia is aiming to organise Web design teams with SiteSpring, a new collaboration tool due to ship later this summer. SiteSpring is a server-based tool which aids tracking projects and manages document revisions for designers and programmers. Macromedia describe it as an 'integrated business solution' designed to help manage the design, development and delivery processes in a cost-effective way. ...more

Wireless Net access arrives at Eurostar's Waterloo

Wi-Fi hotspots are coming to the Eurostar terminals at Waterloo International and Ashford International. Broadreach has won the contract to provide its ReadyToSurf? service at the railway stations. The company already provides Wi-Fi Zone coverage for Piccadilly in London and has worked with Virgin Trains to create a specialist subsidiary to provide on-train Internet access. ...more

Borland beefs up its development support

Borland has bought software development company Starbase, whose products support project specification, version handling and bug tracking. The tools help throughout the development lifecycle from initial design to final testing and deployment. 'We believe time-to-market demands will continue to compress the development process, making integrated solutions paramount,' said Dale L. ...more

Full stream ahead for broadband delivery

The way we purchase and play our games looks likely to change in the very near future as Valve Software officially unveils its Steam broadband game delivery system. Streaming technology and streaming games isn't a new idea, but Valve Software is driving the whole thing forward as a viable business platform with its latest technology, Steam. The ability to stream games is here courtesy of broadband Internet connections. ...more