http://www.themauritius.com/news en-us N/A lramsurn@intnet.mu Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:14:44 EDT 20 false false false clean http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/25933/1/BBC-moves-to-file-sharing-sites/Page1.html Zudeo users will be able to download copies of Red Dwarf

Hundreds of episodes of BBC programmes will be made available on a file-sharing network for the first time, the corporation has announced.

The move follows a deal between the commercial arm of the organisation, BBC Worldwide, and technology firm Azureus.

]]> no@spam.com (BBC News) http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/25933/1/BBC-moves-to-file-sharing-sites/Page1.html http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/25902/1/Papers-battle-online-news-sites/Page1.html Fewer people seem inclined to pay for their news

"All the news that's fit to print" was once the newspaper man's slogan. Now, with news-junkies turning increasingly to the net for their daily fix of world events, papers are beginning to feel the pinch. Not since the internet began has there been so much free quality newspaper content on the web.

]]> no@spam.com (BBC News) http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/25902/1/Papers-battle-online-news-sites/Page1.html http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/25884/1/MySpace-to-block-sex-offenders/Page1.html MySpace has grown massively since its launch in 2003

Social networking website MySpace says it will release tools to identify and ban US sex offenders from its service.

The company said the new service will be the first national database that brings together about 46 US state sex offender registers.

]]> no@spam.com (BBC News) http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/25884/1/MySpace-to-block-sex-offenders/Page1.html http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/25878/1/Microsoft-predicts-1m-Zune-sales/Page1.html The Zune comes in three colours - brown, black and white
 
Microsoft expects to sell more than one million Zune music players by the end of June 2007. 
 
The player has had a soft debut in the music player market in the US, with mixed reviews from consumers and critics alike. ]]> no@spam.com (BBC News) http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/25878/1/Microsoft-predicts-1m-Zune-sales/Page1.html http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/25876/1/BSkyB-broadband-to-partner-Google/Page1.html Firms reckon consumers want to get all their media from one source

Satellite television company BSkyB has said it will work with internet search giant Google in order to develop its broadband services and products.

BSkyB, which offers a free broadband internet service to customers, said it would focus on three areas: search and adverts, videos and communications.

]]> no@spam.com (BBC News) http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/25876/1/BSkyB-broadband-to-partner-Google/Page1.html http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/25870/1/Children-swap-music-via-phones/Page1.html Mobile phone use among children is growing

Children are increasingly swapping music via mobile phones, often without realising they can be breaking the law.  A survey of almost 1,500 eight to 13-year-olds found almost a third shared music via their mobiles.

]]> no@spam.com (BBC News) http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/25870/1/Children-swap-music-via-phones/Page1.html http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/25869/1/Criminals-target-tech-students/Page1.html Organised crime gangs are targeting students

The boom in cyber crime is forcing criminals to go to great lengths to recruit skilled hackers, says a report.

Some criminal gangs are paying students while they study to ensure they have a pool of tech-savvy workers to call on, says the report from McAfee.

]]> no@spam.com (BBC News) http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/25869/1/Criminals-target-tech-students/Page1.html http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/25868/1/Wii-shortages-frustrating-gamers/Page1.html Some gamers enjoyed a Wii success story

Shortages of Nintendo Wii consoles around Europe have left some gamers who pre-ordered the new machine frustrated.

Nintendo, which has already launched the machine in the US and Japan, said it expected to sell out of Wiis on the first day of sales.

]]> no@spam.com (BBC News) http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/25868/1/Wii-shortages-frustrating-gamers/Page1.html http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/25825/1/Microsoft-Vista-released-for-sale/Page1.html Microsoft has started the roll-out of its new operating system, Windows Vista, which at first is being made available to business customers only.

The system, a replacement for the firm's current Windows XP operating system, will not be available to home consumers until the end of January.
 

]]> no@spam.com (BBC News) http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/25825/1/Microsoft-Vista-released-for-sale/Page1.html http://www.themauritius.com/news/articles/25824/1/Virtual-pals-soar-in-importance/Page1.html Virtual communities are as important as their real-world counterparts, many members of online communities believe.

A survey found 43% of online networkers from the US felt "as strongly" about their web community as they did about their real-world friends. It also revealed net-users had made an average of 4.6 virtual pals this year.

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