 TrustedReviews | Windows XP SP3 Sows Havoc, Users Complain InformationWeek - By Paul McDougall Within hours of its release, Microsoft's Service Pack 3 for Windows XP began drawing hundreds of complaints from users who claim the update is wreaking havoc on their PCs. Tutorial: Two Ways to Get Windows XP SP3 Windows XP SP3 hits the web |
 Sabah | MySpace 'throws open doors' to allow users to share content Telegraph.co.uk - By Caroline Gammell Social networking site MySpace is to allow its users to share their information with other websites, it has emerged. MySpace offers opt-in data sharing MySpace opens profiles up to Yahoo |
 gamezine.co.uk | Codemasters snags Formula 1 licence Eurogamer - Codemasters has picked up the rights to the Formula 1 licence that Sony used to command. Its internal Race Driver: GRID team will set to work on creating games based on the IP for multiple platforms, with the first titles expected next year. Codemasters secures game rights to F1 Codemasters Wins F1 License |
 ITV.com | 'No bias' against UK astronauts BBC News - By Jonathan Amos The UK's longstanding opposition to human spaceflight will be no bar to its citizens becoming astronauts, the European Space Agency (Esa) says. Wanted: Britons to represent Europe in space Astronauts wanted, must speak Russian (+video) |
 newswireless.net | BT launches iPhone-style mobile device Times Online - BT Group has dived back into the mobile market with an offering squarely aimed at the BlackBerry and the iPhone. Like the popular smartphones from RIM and Apple, the so-called BT ToGo allows customers to browse the internet and make calls. First Impressions: HTC's Touch Diamond Curing iPhone Envy with SkyFire |
 BBC News | Malware hits 500000 computers in seven days 8:43AM, Friday 9th May ... PC Pro - McAfee is warning users to be wary of a new piece of "malware" which has affected around half a million computers in just seven days. Half a million people snared by virus attack Half a million computers infected with 'malware' in just seven days |
 Digital-Lifestyles.Info | Freesat Launches TrustedReviews - Freesat, a joint venture between the BBC and ITV, has been a long time coming, but finally the service sees commencement. Aimed to sit alongside Freeview in bringing the entire UK over to digital broadcasting before the last analogue signal is switched ... Ofcom confirms Freeview will get HD next year Sky attacks ITV over HD exclusivity |
 Telappliant VoIP News | BT to go nowhere with Togo Inquirer - By Tony Dennis: Thursday, 08 May 2008, 11:27 AM SOME BRIGHT spark in BT's marketing department must have decided that throwing in a free smartphone would stop punters deserting its broadband service. BT - back to mobile? BT unveils Total Broadband Anywhere |
 24dash | Bournemouth broadband goes down the drain VNUNet.com - Bournemouth will become the first town in the UK to get 100Mbps broadband under a new scheme which uses the local sewers to connect customers with their exchange. Bournemouth floats UK's first 100Mbps sewer broadband network Bournemouth to get fibre broadband via sewers |
 Earthtimes (press release) | Siemens, BT Partner For Converged Communications CRN - By Andrew R Hickey, ChannelWeb Siemens Enterprise Communications has paired with BT, one of the world's largest networked IT services providers, to offer converged communications solutions for large multi-national companies. BT and Siemens offer unified comms for multinationals BT and Siemens to Deliver One-Stop Converged Communications Solution |
 Mobile Marketing News | O2 confirms iPhone is no longer available in UK PC Advisor - Last month the price of the 8GB Apple iPhone was slashed to £169 in preparation for the release of a 3G iPhone, which Apple is expected to launch in the US at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on June 9. O2: iPhone "No Longer Available" In UK Carphone Warehouse, O2 to continue to offer 16GB iPhone |
More bins could boost recycling BBC News - A test run of new waste bins could boost recycling rates in the Highlands if rolled out across the region, according to the local authority. Wiltshire waste collections go fortnightly? Pioneer recycling scheme hailed as green success |
 Product Reviews | Xbox Jasper 65nm chips all lined up Inquirer - By INQUIRER Newsdesk: Friday, 09 May 2008, 9:26 AM MICROSOFT has lined up all the chips it needs to build its upcoming Xbox revision named Jasper. Microsoft orders 65nm Xbox 360 graphics chip Xbox 360's will move to smaller GPUs |
 TrustedReviews | Gear4 Duo Launched TrustedReviews - Gear4 already has a comprehensive range of portable iPod speaker docks and is likewise well-endowed with non-portable products. Now Gear4 has launched a product that magically (well, it could be magic) combines the two aspects into one device, ... Gear4's latest two-in-one speaker system is unique offering The Gear4 Duo for indoor and outdoor entertainment |
 BBC News | Fry: BBC cuts would be 'tragic' BBC News - Actor Stephen Fry has defended the BBC, saying it would be a "tragedy" to live in a country that "emasculates" it. Fry blasts BBC over iPlayer piracy Stephen Fry launches attack on Channel 4's 'freak show' programmes |
Microsoft claims GTA victory in US, too Eurogamer - Microsoft representatives are citing retailer reports that over 60 percent of GTA IV copies sold in the US are Xbox 360 versions. Gamerscoreblog, run by Microsoft staff and citing "data from the US team", wrote, "According to retailers more than 60% of ... Sony OFFICIAL: PS3 Has Outsold Xbox 360 in Europe PLAYSTATION DAY ’08: PS3 cruises past 10m sales |
 ITProPortal | Peter Gabriel's website is back Register - By John Oates → More by this author Peter Gabriel's website and the website and ticket buying site for Womad, the world music festival he founded, are back online today after their servers and routers were stolen at the weekend. Peter Gabriel’s web server stolen Peter Gabriel's servers nicked |
 VNUNet.com | RIM announces Women & Technology Awards winners VNUNet.com - Research in Motion (RIM) unveiled the winners of its third BlackBerry Women & Technology Awards at ceremony in London last night. Technology is cool, say girls BlackBerry awards honour female tech achievement |
 24dash | Use mobile pins, says CPP BCS - A security company has advised all business owners and people with mobile phones to take advantage of the pin function. CPP Phonesafe said that by using this function, phone owners will be protected if their mobiles are stolen. Mobile phone missing? Check your map Photo Galleries |
 Spong | UK charts: GTA IV steals number one spot Eurogamer - Grand Theft Auto IV has unsurprisingly romped to the top of the UK Charts after five days on sale. It amassed a whopping 926000 sales and went on to break all sorts of industry records overseen by Cheryl Baker and Kris Akabusi. The Charts: GTA IV Fit to Take the Top? GTA IV muscles in on UK top 20 |