IBM expands on-demand processing with 'Virtual Servers'

Virtual Server Services are IBM's latest boost to its support for on-demand computing. The idea is that users tap into 'virtual servers' running on IBM eServer xSeries, pSeries and iSeries systems - in a separate hosting environment - and pay only for the computing power and capacity they require. IBM claims that it is the first vendor to offer a choice of Intel-based, Unix-based, or Linux-based systems for the on-demand delivery of server and network capacity. ...more

Palm announces Web browser for handhelds

Palm is set to release a Web browser for its range of Internet-enabled handheld devices. Available in Europe at the end of April, the Palm Web Browser features text compression technology - designed to allow text to be downloaded and read while accompanying images are still loading, the ability to redraw pages to fit the Palm screen size, and caching of content to be viewed offline later. The software will cost the 'local equivalent' of $19. ...more

Yahoo! Goes for consumer devices

Fittingly, Yahoo! chose the Consumer Electronics Show to introduce the new Yahoo! Go suite of products. Yahoo! Go aims to bring the company's wide range of products and services beyond the PC to a wide range of consumer electronics devices including TV and mobile phones. Much of Yahoo! Go will be developed alongside Intel, which is anxious to establish its own Viiv digital home technology. ...more

Court battles don't stop Streamcast releasing Morpheus 4

Even as Streamcast fights to uphold a lower court ruling that it is not liable for the actions of users of its file-swapping software, it has released a new version that hooks its users into the networks of other peer-to-peer platforms such as KaZaA. Morpheus 4 gives its users access to the networks of Kazaa, iMESH, eDonkey, Overnet, Grokster, LimeWire, Gnutella, G2 and others, in addition to files on its own network. It also offers free voice chat (VOIP). ...more

ASA ticks off Telewest for anti-BT broadband advert

Cable broadband provider Telewest has been admonished by the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) for misleading advertisements. Ads placed in the regional press targeted existing dial-up users with the slogan: 'Faster broadband for just a few pounds more than dial-up,' and the claim that its '256kbps service is the fastest home cable broadband connection available at the price.' However, the advertisement compared Telewest's entry-level offering with that of BT, which offers a more expensive product, but at 512Kbps. ...more