In print: PCs held to ransom, why Sony cut PS2 compatibility, will a commercial BitTorrent lead to more piracy, broadband woes and much more...

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• My PC is being held to ransom
  Is it legal to lock people out of their own computers? Michael Pollitt examines an online billing system that uses what could be considered strongarm tactics.
• Location, location, location - of supermarkets, schools and masts
  Free our data: Getting maps for free from Google and adding useful data beats paying for it.
• PlayStation 3 loses all Emotion in Europe
  The European version of Sony's console won't let gamers play many old hits, says Steve Boxer. Sony says it's focusing on new titles. Will it succeed?
• Why I take my playtime very, very seriously
  Aleks Krotoski: I've come to an unfortunate realisation: what I do with my life is considered by the majority of the adult population to be an utter waste of time.
• Games
  Little Britain | Crackdown | Excite Truck
• Newly Asked Questions:
  • Will a commercial BitTorrent lead to more piracy?
    It very well might, even though the newly commercial site has done all that film studios, music companies and games publishers wanted by wrapping their wares in digital rights management, says Charles Arthur.
  • What's getting broadband users down?
    After-sales support, or the lack of it. But that's just part of it, writes Jack Schofield.
• Read me first
  Beware the backwards-looking patents that can stifle innovation, says Andrew Brown.
• Is the writing on the web for Microsoft?
  Victor Keegan: The late and great management guru Peter Drucker said he wasn't worried about Microsoft because no non-governmental monopoly had ever lasted more than 15 years.
• Technobile
  Bring back Cello, a pre-Netscape browser, because Firefox 2 is a bloated, slow resource hog and I hate it, says Wendy M Grossman.
• IBM's innovation boss gets ready to bow out
  Interview: After 37 years, it is time for Irving Wladawsky-Berger, the Cuban-born vice-president for technical strategy and innovation to retire - but not before he looks back at his career.
• Here's how to fix the roads, but you're not going to like it
  Warning: this column is going to suggest a surefire way for IT to cut the use of cars on Britain's roads. But you won't like it, writes Michael Cross.
• Barking up a new tree for renewable energy sources
  Carbon-neutral and cheap, wood pellets look like a good fuel bet - as some schools and businesses are already discovering, says Kim Thomas.
• Newsbytes
  UMPC for nurses | The lady is for Turing | Photographic milestone | Bluetooth luggable | Photoscreens for walls | Google Apps for cash | Online Statesmanship
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