X-Box delays and extra costs for Europe?
News As per usual, UK gamers will have to wait longer than Japanese and American customers for X-Box
Nuggets: Silver sexy Sharp shooter
News A zoom with a viewSharp has slipped out another little sexy silver digital camcorder this month, which is packed with a load of new features.
One-click MP3 albums arrive
News Now you can download albums in MP3 format in just one click
Nuggets: Epson gets printer fruity
News Epson gets fruity (er... or should that be iMac'd?) with printers
PC Healthcheck horrors
News PC World's Healthcheck Clinics uncover some unsettling stories
Free email kiosks hit the high street
News i-plus kiosks let users send email 24 hours a day
Chip upstart takes on Intel... with God
News VIA Technologies is not your usual chip company. Just ask chief executive Wen Chi Chen, who codenames his chips after biblical characters
LineOne goes free(ish)
News Just when you thought it was safe to commit to one free(ish) ISP... along comes another. Justin Pearse reports
Opinion: X-Box dumps AMD
News Observers say Microsoft's decision to dump AMD in favour of an Intel processor is not surprising
Bezos calls for patent reform
News Stung by harsh criticism over his company's recent patents, Amazon.com's chief executive says the system should reward software innovation
A mad, suicidal race to the gigahertz barrier
Comment Don't get too excited about the idea of being first on the block with a gigahertz processor; it may be worth waiting. That's because something unique in my experience just happened. A year ago,...
Why Bill G. is barging into *your* living room
Comment Bill Gates is like a pushy salesman. If he can get one foot in the door, he'll barge on through.
Eye2Eye: John Pluthero talks to ZDNet, Part III
News In part three, John Pluthero talks about Oftel's role, what he told Tony Blair and the rumours about BT.
The dotcoms you love to hate
Comment I was rushing -- I had to be in town to meet My Mate Bob for half past seven and it was already quarter to seven. I was going to be late -- not a first alas. Despite the fact I hate being late I am...
The Day Ahead: The Dow's becoming an endangered species
News Could this be the beginning of the end for the Dow?
Official: X-Box will use Intel
News New Microsoft games console won't use AMD's Athlon chip as expected
EDS says it was a victim
News EDS falls foul to procurement scam
PentaSafe aims to plug OS security holes
News PentaSafe, a developer of security auditing software, is moving beyond its AS/400 roots
Microsoft quits software trade group
News The software giant officially withdraws its membership from industry trade group. But was it a political decision?
Ex-Microsoft execs lead wireless venture
News Ignition invests in the wireless revolution
Want a top-level domain? Be patient
News It may take awhile. At its meeting in Egypt, ICANN agreed more domains like .com and .org are sorely needed, but wasn't in any great hurry to take action
DoJ report on cybercrime criticised
News Report slammed by advocates
Nintendo to issue protective game gloves
News The game maker will pay up to $80m to settle a dispute with the New York attorney general over joystick injuries suffered by some players of Mario Party
Microsoft rips the veil off X-Box
News Bill Gates and a bevy of third-party developers talk about Microsoft's long-rumoured entry into the game console market, slated for release in autumn 2001
Catching the Pismo PowerBook wave
Comment At first glance, it's pretty easy to dismiss Apple's new PowerBook as a simple evolutionary design. In reality, however, this fire-breathing portable demon (aka Pismo) packs plenty of new features...
Chip makers not stopping at 1GHz
News The race to 1,000MHz is over. But consumers will continue to benefit as Intel and AMD slug it out to bring ever-faster chips to PCs



