BT’s plan for quicker connection

Within three years, new BT technology should spell an end to sluggish broadband. Michael Pollitt reports on the consequences for consumers and ISPs alike

Microsoft piles pressure on Yahoo

Microsoft has given Yahoo three weeks to accept its $31 a share takeover bid - or the software company will approach the internet firm's shareholders directly. By Richard Wray

Yahoo shares up after revenue claims

Yahoo's share price rose nearly 5% today after it released details of a three-year plan that it claims proves Microsoft's takeover offer 'substantially undervalues' its business. By Mark Sweney