WiMAX wireless broadband body created

Just as you were getting a handle on 802.11, along comes 802.16. ...more

1Mbit broadband for less than ?15

Freedom2Surf has announced a 1Mbit/sec broadband service at an extremely low price of ?14.99. The Connect Lite service makes use of BT's new capacity-based charging structure and as you would expect at that price, is capped, with a maximum of 1GB of downstream traffic per month. ...more

SoftDVD MAX 6 gives you DVD for ?20

MGI has released the latest version of its software DVD player, with SoftDVD MAX 6, featuring a number of neat extras. MGI Navigator lets you zoom and pan in and around your movie and bookmark favourite sections for later playback. You can also take movie stills as screengrabs and watch a film in either wide-screen or letterbox dimensions. ...more

iPod goes video

Apple has unveiled the fifth generation iPod with support for video playback through its enlarged, 2.5in colour screen. Available for the first time in a colour other than white, namely black, the new iPod provides either 30GB or 60GB of storage. ...more

No tablet, no PDA, says Jobs

Apple CEO Steve Jobs says that the company has no plans to introduce a tablet-style Mac, describing them as 'niche' devices. Interviewed on stage at the D:All Things Digital 'executive conference', Jobs said that Apple had taken a look at the tablet - a notebook computer into which data can be entered by writing or drawing on the screen - and thinks it is going to fail. Tablets appeal to rich guys with plenty of other devices already, said Jobs, 'and people accuse us of niche markets!'. ...more