MPAA sues Torrent and Usenet search sites

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has opened up a new front in its war against illegal downloaders. The Hollywood studios' trade association has started legal proceedings against search engines and Usenet news groups. Among the sites on the receiving end of the MPAA writs are Torrentspy. ...more

Software analyst breaches Internet bank security

Consumer confidence is again tested as another security breach comes to light. A 28-year-old software analyst claims that bank details of more than 200 million account holders were freely accessible from the Internet. Ralph Dressel claimed he came across the information via the Fiserv Web site. ...more

eBay gives sellers their own shop fronts

eBay is looking to boost the numbers of stores on its site with a new service that allows sellers to open customised shop fronts. ProStores is available to small businesses and existing Power Sellers, giving them the opportunity to set up a shop front with their own branding, categories and web address, powered with eBay's shopping cart, secure checkout and shipping. The basic service costs $6. ...more

Half-Life 2 to be bundled with Radeon 9900 Pro?

According to a recent, unconfirmed, report appearing in the German online press, ATi's upcoming graphics card, the Radeon 9900 Pro, will come bundled with Half-Life 2. Endeavouring to discover whether truth lies behind the unconfirmed report, we contacted ATi to seek clarification. ATi's rapid response unit got back to us sharpish, but. ...more

Government auctions wireless rural broadband

The Radiocommunications Agency (RA) has set a date to auction off licences to provide wireless broadband. 14 April will be the closing date for applications to bid for the 15 licences to use the 3.4GHz spectrum that, if used at all, are most likely to be used as a 'last mile' solution to bring wireless broadband to more rural areas. ...more