ISPs need to expand broadband services - Gartner

According to a report by Gartner, ISPs will see an 8.8 per cent growth in broadband revenues for the next three years. But the analysts warned that operators will have to take steps to secure these revenues. ...more

UK law strengthened to tackle cyber criminals

British hackers and others who use computers to commit criminal acts face stiffer penalties. Under a new Police and Justice Bill published by the Home Office today. Under the new proposals a range of offences related to cybercrime will carry lengthier terms in prison. ...more

Search engines unite to fight spam

In a rare show of unity, all three of the major search engines have acted together act to fight the practice of comment spam. This is the practice where someone will comment on a particular article and add a link to their own web site purely to gain additional rankings in a search engine. Because search engine spiders will follow any link on a page, and award the linked site a page rank value based on the rank on the originating page, the practice of comment spam has become an epidemic throughout the web. ...more

Sony Ericsson goes clamshell crazy

Sony Ericsson, the mobile phone spin-off, has released a group of new handsets including clamshell models and a new variation of the Walkman phone. The clamshell models are aimed at the style conscious business user. They are equipped with push e-mail support and RSS feeds for news updates and traffic reports direct to your phone. ...more

PocketDrive doubles up

LaCie has revamped its PocketDrive range of external hard disks by doubling the FireWire data transfer rate to 35Mb/sec. The Pocket Drive range, which is also available with slower USB connections, comprises 10, 20, 30 and the new 48Gb devices. The speed increase is a result of a combination of new FireWire to IDE bridges and ATA 100 disks. ...more