YouTube heading for mobile phones, says Chen

YouTube will be running on mobile phones by next year, according to one of the company's co-founders. Steve Chen, who is YouTube's chief technology officer, was outlining his plans for the service at a 'Web 2.0' summit in Taipei, Taiwan. ...more

Microsoft settles ?684m antitrust suit

Microsoft has settled a pending class action lawsuit in an agreement worth up to ?684m ($1.1bn). The class-action suit, which would have gone to trial towards the end of February, was brought by businesses and individuals in California who alleged that the company used its monopolistic power to violate antitrust laws and overcharge customers for its products by as much as ?25. ...more

IBM offers free DB2

IBM is the latest blue chip IT company to offer a free version of its database manager, in this case the crown jewels of DB2. The company is releasing DB2 Express-C, a version of DB2 Universal Database Express Edition that offers much of the core functionality of the flagship product. DB2 Express-C is a hardware restricted version IBM's flagship database. ...more

Virgin launches TV-on-mobile service

BT's DAB television service for mobile phones has launched with mobile operator Virgin to offer it to its customers via a phone from HTC. Following successful trials earlier this year, the new service will broadcast BBC1, ITV1, Channel 4 and E4 programming, complete with a seven-day electronic program guide. BBC One, ITV1 and E4 will be simulcast, meaning that everything on their terrestrial counterparts will be seen on the mobile service. ...more

Fuji takes FinePix underwater

Fujifilm has responded to the current popularity of scuba diving by launching an underwater housing for two of its FinePix cameras, the F410 and the F401. Built from high-impact polycarbonate, the sealed housing protects the cameras to a depth of 40 metres. It includes brightly-coloured controls for all of the cameras' still and motion picture functions. ...more