Previous DayBusiness broadband providers cut prices
News ISPs warn that more still needs to be done to improve ADSL take-up
Trials begin for phone-operated vending machines
News An alliance between NTT DoCoMo and Coca-Cola will allow i-mode subscribers to buy soft drinks using their mobile phone
AOL Time Warner releases Netscape 6.1 browser
News Gold code for the Gecko-based browser challenges Microsoft's Internet Explorer - but is Netscape interested in keeping up the fight?
McAfee patents software-as-a-service
News Security software company may control key technology for providing software updates and optimisations over a Web browser
Instant messaging boosts business
News A growing number of people are switching on to instant messaging in the workplace - but contrary to expectations, it is primarily used to get the job done
BT warned against selling off its networks
News Selling either its entire fixed-line network or just the local loop would help to solve BT's debt problem, but it may not be a long-term solution
Study says PlayStation2 will rule thriving market
News Report predicts that the PlayStation2 is likely to lead the growing video games market despite competition from the GameCube and Xbox
Sun updates Solaris operating system
News Sun Microsystems has begun releasing an update for Solaris 8, its version of the Unix operating system
Australians enrol for hands-on hacker course
News Local e-commerce security entrepreneur eSec is heading up a first-of-its-kind hacker course in Australia, in an attempt to meet booming local demand
Divorce by text message 'unacceptable'
News Muslim authorities in Singapore have changed their minds on divorce via SMS
Cisco revenue falls 25 percent
News Revenues and profits are down at the networking giant as the economic downturn starts to bite
New virus travels in PDF files
News 'Peachy' shows that Adobe's PDF file format may not be as immune to viruses as previously thought
Microsoft asks Supreme Court to take case
News Request has little chance of success, but could make it difficult for Justice Department to seek injunction against Windows XP
Memory makers ride out downturn
News Many manufacturers are selling chips at below cost, and more consolidation is likely to lie ahead
Windows XP could get early release
News Microsoft will let PC makers ship the new operating system early, hopefully stimulating sales - and pre-empting any injunction against XP
Wall Street jittery over Intel price cuts
News Lehman Brothers says the company 'plans to detonate a price bomb,' and Salomon Smith Barney cuts its earnings estimates for the chipmaker
Five years ago: AJP goes straight to 166MHz for notebook chip
News UK notebook vendor AJP is skipping the 150MHz Pentium by releasing a unit based on Intel's 166MHz Pentium desktop processor.
