Wikipedia examines contributor credentials

The founder of Wikipedia - the online, user-generated encyclopedia - is proposing a change in the way contributors' credentials are verified. James Wales is moving to protect the reputation of Wikipedia following revelations last week that one frequent contributor - who had been promoted to the status of 'arbitrator' - had invented their qualification. Specifically, that the writer "Essjay" was not, as he claimed, a professor of theology. ...more

RealNetworks clambers on to the desktop

RealNetworks has reached an agreement with Compaq to make the RealOne Player the default media player on its Presario consumer brand. The multiyear deal involves both laptop and desktop Presarios, with icons on the desktop and a dedicated hot key on Compaq's Internet Keyboard that links to a co-branded Compaq and RealOne Web site. Compaq will offer both new and existing customers subscriptions to RealNetworks' services, such as RealOne Membership and RealOne music, boasting premium content from the likes of CNN, FOX Sports and music from BMG, Warner and others. ...more

Correction: Sender ID logo

A news article entitled 'Microsoft and AOL agree to agree on anti-spoofing Sender-ID technology' published yesterday incorrectly used a Sender ID logo which had no association with the subject of the piece. The logo used belongs to security company Emailkey.com. ...more

Retro a go-go

If you're of a certain age you might be able to remember the golden age of gaming, when home arcade units took batteries and had a mini screen of its own. Author Jaro Gielens has put together a coffee table tome all about the early days of handheld gaming, long before the Nintendo Gameboy hit the scene. The book is called Electronic Plastic and chronicles the first 13 years of battery-operated handheld fun. ...more

DoCoMo faces another 3G recall

After managing 3G's debut in Japan, NTT DoCoMo has announced it is to recall all of the handsets used in the trial rollout "to improve their function". The recall of the N2001 NEC handsets, follows DoCoMo's recalls of 420,000 Sony S0503i phones, after it ignored a warning from Sony about faulty software, and another involving Java-enabled handsets from Matsushita's Panasonic brand. Users of the 3G handsets had been warned that a recall was possible, in order to upgrade the handsets, and Japanese newspapers have indicated that replacements would become available in July. ...more