Illustration: Bill Butcher
Thursday, as always, is when the Guardian's technology supplement, Online, is released into the wild.
This week our lead article is a look at how telecoms firms, ISPs and broadcasters are taking each other on with the triple play: providing TV, voice calls and internet over one connection. To supplement that, we also examine forthcoming changes in broadband and, more specifically, internet-based television.
Elsewhere, Stephen Moss takes on chess supercomputer Hydra and wonders whether computers are really on the verge of killing off chess and we interview design futurist John Thackara.
I wonder if the Grokster ruling wasn't the most sensible outcome given the circumstances, and we look at EU software patents: including arguments for and against the impending directive.
As usual, there's lots more to dig in to. Click here for the whole shebang.
