Rumours are spreading that Google might be introducing a new mîcropayments system to rival services such as PayPal. Google Wallet would probably be a natural extension of the existing payment infrastructure that has helped make the company the world…

Yahoo's really going for it. Today the search engine announced that it has begun testing a service that allows people to search information on sites on which you have to pay to subscribe. The new service, Yahoo search subscriptions, will…

Nice to see that Shiny Media’s sister company –  Trotters Independent Traders -has put its 3-wheeler van up for sale on eBay. Given that it is looking increasingly likely that we won’t be millionaires by Xmas it would make for…

If you're into audiobooks and into Apple's Music Store, then there's a good chance you might have heard of Audible already (insert pun here). For those not in the know, Audible provide downloadable audio books, comedy, drama, radio programmes and…

Google seems to be going from strength to strength. Less than a week after we find out that it's the richest media empire in the world, Google has announced a new video search engine for web-only video, probably hoping to…

Get your webcams at the ready because free internet telephony company Skype has made good on its promise to incorporate video calling to its increasingly popular service. Actually it isn't really Skype that's done it, its in fact another…

In response to growing threats from both microsoft and Yahoo, Google will be upping the ante later today with the launch of its new service. Google users will soon be able personalise their search page with a range of…

Inspired by the success of iTunes, the BBC is set to launch a download system for its most popular shows. The interactive Media Player or iMP will be based on peer-to-peer technology and offer downloadable versions of many of the…

Not wanting to let Apple, Napster and Real have all the fun, Yahoo! has unveiled its own music download service and starts off on the right foot by undercutting the competition. Copying Napster To Go and Rhapsody To Go, Yahoo!…

It sounds like a pitch for a bad Blair Witch project spin-off, but a group of intrepid zoologists are going to go hunting for the mythical Mongolian Death Worm in the harsh Gobi desert. While they're there, there going to…