Smile lets users cash in on the Net
News Co-operative's Web bank lures in customers with low rates.
Nokia launches mobile-Internet kit
News Nokia releases development framework for WAP software, and starts shipping handsets.
'Revolutionary' crypto system unveiled
News SFS doesn't just make a file hard to read -- it conceals the information's existence.
A grey day for the Web
News Greyday.org attempts to call attention to copyright infringement issues with non-attention-grabbing sites...
Garageband.com steps up to online MP3 challenge
News Get your band out of the garage and onto the Internet with Garageband.com -- your neighbours might thank us...
Government not doing enough to wire schools
News Teachers: 'One Internet connection per school is not enough.'
Jane Wakefield: The real tech revolution
News The Web might be able to get into our heads in the future, but not all of us will eagerly await the day...
Sequent joins IBM's empire
News IBM has completed its merger with Sequent Computer Systems. The deal gives IBM rights to use Sequent's highly rated Non-uniform Memory Access (Numa) architecture for Intel-based symmetric...
Microsoft touts consumer benefits of broadband media
News Consumers could be main beneficiaries of Microsoft's broadband group hug.
Financial giants to launch UK trading site
News E*Trade and Charles Schwab get a UK-based competitor.
News Burst: Faulty chips prompt hard disk recall
News Storage specialist Western Digital has been forced to recall around 400,000 faulty hard drives from end-users, following the installation of a faulty batch of chips.
News Burst: DSL privacy blunder by Fastpoint
News Fastpoint Communications, one of the shining lights of DSL (digital subscriber line) provision in the States, says it will have to change the way in which it has set up all of its user accounts in...
Sprint enters ASP market
News Consumers are the next target of the application service provider.
Netscape revs Communicator
News Version 4.7 has a shopping button -- reflecting the e-commerce push by Netscape's new owner, America Online.
Dell livid at analyst for critical report
News Computer maker disputes Giga report that accuses Dell of covering up series of miscues -- an 'arrogant disregard for the customer', analyst says.
Stable Linux on Windows, whatever next?
News A new Linux distribution that sits on top of Windows and is, allegedly, as stable as the real thing, has been launched under the curious title Armed Linux.
Big Blue unveiling colorful ThinkPad
News IBM's i-Series 1400 to include choice of seven different snap-on covers.
'Kihei' iMacs hitting launch pad
News Apple has announced plans for a special event next week in California. Sources say the new consumer desktops will be the guests of honour.
Mobile phones headed for '3G' shift
News Your phone will primarily be a data device, not just a voice-carrier.



