Auction-only Sun Workstations

Here's a collector's piece: one of the first five Sun Blade 1000 Workstations. The serial number, written in CEO Scott McNealy's fair hand, will adorn the first quintet of the 600 MHz workstations. But the auctioning of Sun hardware does not end there; the ties between Sun and eBay go further. ...more

Amazon offers Pocket PC iPaqs for ?7

Amazon shuts up shop to close off pricing error. Online retailer Amazon temporarily shut down its UK operation this morning after a pricing error resulted in customers bulk buying HP iPaq handheld computers for as little as ?7. However, the company maintains that it is within its terms not to honour the erroneous pricing and to instead offer customers (who had placed orders at the cheaper price) the product at the correct price Amazon said in a statement: 'In keeping with our Conditions of use and our Pricing and Availability Policy, we will be cancelling orders made for the HP iPAQ Pocket PCs at the incorrect price this morning. ...more

Virgin Trains extends trial for Internet on the move

Get online while you wait for your train. This is the promise of wireless Internet access at train stations, currently being trialled by Virgin. And given what we know about rail punctuality, you could be doing to do a lot of browsing. ...more

BT unbundles its millionth line

BT says it has now unbundled one million of its telephone lines for competitors to offer cheaper service. It describes this as a major milestone, reflecting the highly competitive state of UK broadband market. The former UK telecoms monopoly said its Openreach division, set up in January under a deal with regulator Ofcom intended to open up its network to rivals, was processing almost 30,000 unbundling requests each week. ...more

LLU reaches half a million

The UK now has more than half a million unbundled phone and Internet connections, according to BT Openreach. After a faltering start local loop unbundling is now proceeding at a rate of 20,00 lines a week, with customers attracted by cheaper and faster broadband connections and low price telephone calls, afforded to some extent by BT's recent wholesale price cuts. 'Hitting this half million milestone confirms that the LLU market in the UK is truly coming into its own,' said Openreach's Anne Heal. ...more