Archive - 11 May 2000 - Technology News, Blogs, Product Reviews and White Papers

European telecoms regulation may ban spam

News A ban on spam is planned under changes to European telecom rules being discussed at a public hearing in Brussels Thursday.

Australian freemail service slammed by spam

News 60 million messages in 48 hours from Florida spammer in Denial-of-Service style attack

European Union approves creation of .eu domain

News Europe is to have a unique new identity on the Internet after the European Union approved the creation of domain names ending .eu Wednesday

Cruel summer

Comment It will be this weekend before I can actually plug my second generation GeForce2 board into a PC capable of making it work on its "gigatech shading" which, theoretically, is capable of doubling the...

Sega: An extra life in online play?

News Is it game over for Sega? Or will its push into online play vault the company to the next level?

Compaq, IBM map the Internet

News Scientists from IBM Research, Compaq Corporate Research Labs and AltaVista have released a "map" of the Internet

Flexion system ties voice mail with email

News NetWorld+Interop shows communications box that integrates voice mail, fax and call-centre functionality with email

Anonymous user sues Yahoo! over anonymity

News A user of Yahoo! financial message boards has filed suit in federal court against the company over its policy of turning over identifying data to third parties

News Burst: Europe may ban spam

News A ban on spam is planned under changes to European telecom rules being discussed at a public hearing in Brussels Thursday

Just do it! Nike develops MP3 player

News Joint project with Diamond Multimedia is first to come out of new 'Nike[techlab' division. Can an MP3 shoe be far behind?

Coop's Corner: Smart cards mean business

Comment Who says smart cards are dumb ideas? When it comes to security, they may hold the key.

Oftel accused of bias at European summit

News Fixed line phone company INMS warned the European Commission that it cannot assume regulators will be independent

Runaway girl in phone bill row gets unmetered access

News An Internet-obsessed schoolgirl who ran away from home after a row with her parents over an £873 phone bill has returned to her family following the offer of free, 24 hour Internet Access...

AltaVista mimics Google

News Megaportal AltaVista launches a clean, mean, search machine that looks a lot like Google

Bleem promises Playstation games on a Dreamcast

News Emulator will double Dreamcast catalogue using Playstation games

The Day Ahead: Value America board members throw cash into the pit

News Good money after bad as e-tailor works through a period of reorientation

Calls for EC intervention on mobile auctions

News Billions spent on mobile auctions is a 'no no' say European experts who question whether any money will be left for investment. Jane Wakefield reports from Brussels

Cisco's Lang: Service providers are key

News Larry Lang, Cisco's VP of service provider marketing, told NetWorld+Interop attendees that the company has big plans for its fastest-growing business line

ILOVEYOU suspect says it was an accident... Maybe

News Onel de Guzman admits he might have released ILOVEYOU... but he's not sure

Microsoft spanks itself

Comment You gotta love it. Microsoft lawyers are in the D.C. courtroom of Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson to tell him how the company should be spanked for antitrust violations.