Web entrepreneur commits perfect cybercrime

A Seattle-based web entrepreneur has achieved the perfect political cybercrime, without breaking any laws. Newsvine.com chief executive and co-founder Mike Davidson's perfect hack was the result of what you might call a social engineering tactic in that it involved the use of one of his free templates. ...more

Freedom2Surf throws the book at users

Freedom2surf is offering two free downloadable audio books to all its broadband customers, who will be able to choose from 10,000 audiobooks, language lessons and radio programmes. The Audible.com titles can be downloaded straight on to a user's Mac or PC and then burned to a CD or transferred to an MP3 player. ...more

Unlimited FileMaker Web publishing

FileMaker has released the latest incarnation of its database application, the self-styled 'industrial-strength' FileMaker Pro 5.5 Unlimited. Offering the same broad set of tools as FileMaker Pro 5. ...more

US record industry pressured to own up on wholesale track costs

The US record industry is resisting an attempt to force it to reveal the wholesale prices that it charges for digital music tracks. The Recording Industry Association of America has refused to comply with a judge's order that they pass the information to an attorney defending Marie Lindor, who it is suing for allegedly sharing copyright music files. According to Lindor's attorney, Ray Beckerman, the RIAA will only supply the data if he commits to keeping it confidential. ...more

BBC Jam for spreading online learning

The BBC has announced that its online learning resource will be called BBC Jam when it launches in January 2006. Designed to play a key part of the corporation's role in developing digital Britain, BBC Jam will exploit the latest digital technologies to deliver a learning experience combining video, games, audio and animation. The service will also attempt to inspire children who are not achieving their potential to try an alternative way of learning and aims to bring learning into the home as well as the classroom, helping pupils learn at their own pace in a way that interests and suits them most. ...more