Teachers give postitive response to 'cyber' budget
News In his budget speech yesterday Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown pledged £1.7 bn for the 'Computers for All Initiative' in a bid to "make Britain a leader in the information...
UK Internet tariffs to be set below local call rate
News The telecoms watchdog Oftel has paved the way for cheaper Internet usage in proposals published today.
News Burst: Dell and Amazon sign promotion deal
News Dell and Amazon have struck a joint marketing agreement to help promote each other's Web sites. Both companies will include links in their checkout screens to a co-branded promotion page. Financial...
Privacy groups to take on Microsoft?
News Privacy firm Junkbuster.com may take up the topic of Microsoft's recently outed ID numbers with the Federal Trade Commission.
Secure music, off-key standards?
News Piracy-proof digital music players could be on shelves in time for Christmas if the record-industry backed Secure Digital Music Initiative has its way.
Manufacturing problems still haunting AMD
News Following three losing quarters in a row last year, AMD anticipates losses for the first quarter of this year as well. The question on many industry watchers minds is -- what is going wrong?
Anonymous posting under attack
News Two recent lawsuits against anonymous contributors to Yahoo! Inc.'s financial bulletin board have intensified the stormy debate over how far free-speech protections extend to the Web.
Microsoft shows sneak peek of Win2000 Beta 3
News Microsoft today previewed Windows 2000 beta 3, which it plans to release in April.
X-Stream does free weekends - again
News Following the success of its free calls anniversary promotion at the weekend, X-Stream will extend the offer for the remaining week-ends in March.

