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Archive - 11 Oct 1999

Trade meeting could spark online riots

News Experts warn of hacking threats on eve of WTO meeting, while Scotland Yard lags in responding to computer crime.

US warns of electronic-attack danger

News War experts find that a small electromagnetic pulse could bring advanced civilisations to their knees.

Nuggets: Big drive specially for your toonz

News Nuggets, twice a day, every day (well, we do our best!). Software, hardware and every gadget we can get our mitts on...

TV beats PC for home shopping

News Consumers feel more comfortable with the TV -- and it's less likely to crash.

Amazon bidders burned

News A Florida man apparently billed nearly $28,000 (£17,000) from 91 different Amazon.com auction winners in a simple but effective computer parts scam.

Geocast unveils TV/Web technology

News Start-up bypasses the Internet to deliver rich-media PC content through your telly.

Internet market shakeout looms

News Prominent analyst warns that the booming tech market will be dominated by a handful of powerful companies.

News Burst: Consumers favour the TV over the PC for home shopping

News British consumers prefer home shopping over a television rather than a PC according to the Pace Report on interactive television, released last week.

Telecom '99: Oracle, IBM roll out mobile e-commerce

News Some big companies are taking aim at little devices.

Exclusive: Palm extending to applications, peripherals

News Goal is to make Palm devices more attractive to corporate customers.

Nuggets: Creative goes Platinum

News Nuggets, twice a day, every day (well, we do our best!). Software, hardware and every gadget we can get our mitts on...

PC prices could fall into TV-land

News Just when big PC makers are dropping prices below $500, a few small guys are readying stripped-down PCs for as little as $200. And consumers might buy them.

IBM to cut up to 1000 jobs

News Reassignments and layoffs will eliminate 5 to 10 percent of workforce in 10,000-person PC group, as IBM's consumer business continues to lose money.

Hull firm moves into ADSL, interactive digital telly

News Hull-based comms company rolls out digital telly to local residents. Lucky subscribers get Channel 5 for first time

Computer addicts told to get a life

News Are you a computer addict... Get a *&**$&* life!

A Year Ago: Music industry slaps writ on MP3 walkman

News Originally published Mon, 12 Oct 1998 09:25:18 GMT

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