Web site delivers sermons

In this day and age being a vicar is not an easy vocation. Someone has tried, however, to make life a little simpler for the gentlemen (and gentlewomen) of the cloth. A Web-based sermon delivery service has been created. ...more

AMD revs up new notebook engines

AMD has announced three new mobile Athlon XP-M processors: the 2800+ and two low-voltage models, the 2000+ and 1900+. While the 2800+ is aimed at desktop-replacement notebooks, the low-voltage offerings are targeted at thinner and lighter laptops. As of today, Time will be using the 2800+ in its Time Traveller 'AR' series. ...more

EU comments suggest iPod 'monopoly' may be OK after all

Questions raised by an official at the European Commission indicates that the body could be softening on the need for competition authorities to regulate the iPod. Some critics have called for measures to force Apple to make the music it sells on its online iTunes music store compatible with MP3 music players, other than its own iPods. 'Before we jump in to regulate competition on the market it is worth asking whether competition is actually harmed,' the Commission's director general for competition, Philip Lowe, said at an antitrust conference in Munich, Germany. ...more

PlusNet takes broadband pricing into the realm of dial-up

PlusNet has announced the UK's first 512Kbit broadband service costing less than ?15. Of course there is a trade-off, a 1GB per month download limit, but unless you have a particular desire to stream lots of video or download thousands of MP3s this is sufficient for most home users' needs. Home Broadband Lite takes ADSL into the realm of dial-up pricing, although you will have to stump up the activation fee of ?70. ...more

Rural Britain to benefit from new wireless broadband rules

Ofcom has introduced new regulations to extend wireless broadband access across the country, with potentially significant benefits for rural areas. The new rules will allow operators to increase power levels, potentially extending the range and variety of services into parts of the country that were previously not covered. Ofcom said that this is likely to have its most marked effect in rural areas, where the power increase will make it less expensive for operators to provide wireless broadband 'This measure means communities across the country may be able to benefit from access to a new form of broadband,' said chief executive Ed Richards. ...more