NASA plans cosmic Internet
News An airplane flight over Mars and an interplanetary Internet are among the new projects that would be funded under the NASA budget proposal unveiled Monday.
Surf 's down during Internet boycott
News The biggest Internet strike ever organised has been a success with traffic in one country down nearly 90 percent, according to the Campaign for Unmetered Calls (CUT).
Big Blue extends Deep into business arena
News IBM unveiled a more powerful supercomputer that is part of its plan to extend the use of what it calls "Deep Computing" by business users.
Public in the dark about Y2K
News Hazy and inaccurate government information about the Millennium bug is fueling public paranoia, according to a new MORI report about public perception.
Smart cards will boom.... if standards are harmonized
News Europeans are the undisputed leaders in smart card innovation but a number of factors including standard wars threaten to thwart widespread adoption of the technology on the Continent, according to...
French shoppers bag bargain PCs
News The world's first sub £200 PC has found favour with French shoppers. Launched over the weekend by French supermarket chain Géant, 3000 Power Net 300 machines have already been sold.
MS may extend Windows 9x kernel
News Microsoft is wavering in its plans to base its next-generation desktop operating system -- the follow-on to Windows 98 -- on the NT kernel.
Judge upholds COPA injunction
News A federal judge ruled late Monday in favour of continuing a ban on enforcing an online content censorship law derided by critics as the "Communications Decency Act II."



