Taking the porn out of the portal

Yahoo has quickly reversed its policy on gearing up the sale of "adult oriented merchandise" following criticism from some customers and protest groups. We reported at the end of last week that the lure of revenue from the pornographic end of the video and DVD market had been too tempting for Yahoo!, which had posted disappointing quarterly results. The reaction of some users - and the general bad publicity surrounding the move - has led to a quick rethink of targeting that particular market. ...more

3 pricing revealed

Hutchison 3G reveals pricing packages ahead of March launch. The UK's first 3G service, Hutchison 3G's 3, has outlined pricing structures for three call packages and introduced a range of incentives to get punters to pre-order. Call packages are priced on an 'event-basis', per video, picture or text message and per download, as opposed to per byte. ...more

Broadband data capping prevents communism!

In the light of furore around NTL's decision to introduce a 1Gb per day limit on data downloaded through its residential broadband service, the company is claiming support from major player, Juniper Networks - a company claiming to route 65 per cent of the world's broadband traffic. Richard Brandon, Director of Marketing at Juniper Networks, said: 'What NTL is doing makes a lot of sense. They are putting a cap on user capacity rather than limiting it. ...more

MS06-042 patch finally released

Microsoft has finally released the updated MS06-042 - two days after it was original scheduled for release. The delay was caused by problems with the Microsoft delivery mechanism. The re-release had to be deployed after it was discovered that the original patch for IE 6 caused the browser to crash of the visitor landed on a page that used HTTP 1. ...more

Nintendo previews Revolution's one-handed wireless joypad

Nintendo has finally revealed one of the defining features of its next generation console the Revolution - a wireless one-handed joypad. For weeks gamers have been trying to decipher the meaning behind Nintendo President Satoru Iwata's revelation that the company's next console would not follow a traditional path. Although Nintendo have yet to announce any details about the console, the general public got their hands on the Revolution's controllers at the Tokyo Game Show, the BBC reports. ...more