Previous DayJane Wakefield: The week that was...
News Jane Wakefield looks back on a week when porn on the Net made headlines and Sega gave Sony the finger
Oftel - consumers hungry for new broadband services
News Good news for tech companies: Oftel says Brits like fancy telecoms kit and services.
Embassy cracker may be playing government's game
News The response to crackers invading a US embassy site: It's just what the US wants.
Virgin Radio may go worldwide with Ericsson
News Ginger king eyes worldwide broadcast plans for Virgin.
MP3 radio from Crunch goes live
News Crunch adds its grooves to the world of online radio.
Study: Net is no Utopia
News Internet isn't about levelling social divides, researchers say: it just mirrors existing divisions.
A computer at the tip of your tongue
News British inventor wants to give users 'tongue control' over their PCs.
Broadband takes the lead to the high-speed world
News Increasing Web use foreshadows a battle between cable-modem and DSL providers.
The unexpected Linux IPO
News Cobalt Networks, with file and Internet server applications, will be the next to offer Linux-oriented shares.
QXL to launch NSPCC charity auction
News QXL and Microsoft preparing charity auction online.
Trojan horse infects AOL's ICQ
News Sneaky file can steal passwords from any of 40 million ICQ subscribers.
Nuggets: Cool board rides the Big Blue
News Nuggets, twice a day, every day (well, we do our best!). Software, hardware and every gadget we can get our mitts on...
News Burst: Democratic Net a myth - research
News The notion that the Internet is the ultimate democracy is a myth according to researchers investigating the virtual society.
Student disappears in email mystery
News Email played a part in a student's disappearance, according to police.
News Burst: Global ginger domination
News Media mogul Chris Evans' latest scheme to usurp Rupert Murdoch as media king, is to transmit Virgin Radio all over the globe.
Global streaming-media network underway
News If digital tech is going to blow old-fashioned music distribution out of the water, it will take a specialised network. Digital Island has just the thing.
Gas company to launch flat-fee telephone service
News Gas supply company Centrica, which is buying the AA, is looking to launch a flat-fee telephone service for its 15 million customers.
Palm competitor - or is it a partner?
News Palm hopes Handspring expands the market for Palm devices.
HP announces three strategic alliances
News Company styles an e-commerce identity as a "new breed of venture capitalist".
Zap!... and your PC's dead
News Ex-Navy engineer David Schriner demos his homemade, bargain-basement, computer-killing "gun".
Buyers line up for Dreamcast
News Game fans swarm for Dreamcast's US debut -- a good sign for ailing Sega.
Some Dreamcast games not working
News Some Dreamcast users in the US are in for a surprise: Games featuring the Sonic the Hedgehog mascot may not work.
A Year Ago: DVD seeing off Divx threat
News First published Thu, 10 Sep 1998 07:11:52 GMT
