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Comdex '99: IDC predicts sharp fall in UK phone charges
News Cost of using the Net in the UK is about to fall sharply, as local flat rate charging schemes start to come online - IDC
Experts question Java mobile smartcard security
News Few people trying to hack into Java smartcards now, but that will change as the technology becomes more common experts say
Civil libertarians to keep an eye on spying
News ACLU sets up Web site urging investigation into global surveillance network
Jammed with Spam
Comment Isn't it time to admit that the 'danger' of information overload is no longer a danger, but a reality? And isn't it obvious that the function of a news medium is to restrict the information it...
News Burst: Big Brother legislation pushed through
News Queen announces a surprise: updates to controversial surveillance package
Why Microsoft finally 'gets' the Web
Comment Imagine you're at the tuxedo shop helping your teenage son choose a prom outfit. He struts out of the dressing room in a powder blue tux. He actually thinks he looks great. You wince, then urge him...
Big Brother plans pushed through Parliament
News Critics called Investigatory Powers Bill a scheme to push through controversial e-surveillance measures
News Burst: The Net will make us kinder - BT
News The Internet age will soon be a thing of the past - get ready for the 'caring age'
Cirrus to develop secure Net audio chip
News New chip will incorporate InterTrust's digital rights management technology
Mondex demos smartcard-enabled mobile e-commerce
News Smartcards could open up new vistas for shopping and services on your mobile
IPO Roundup: Virata, iManage, Web Street prep IPOs
News Four tech companies make their market debuts
Legacy free PCs
Comment Just when you thought added functionality and features were what we all had to keep buying for evermore, along comes someone selling you a PC with loads of familiar sockets and features missing....
News Burst: Ericsson, Visa to drive mobile e-commerce
News Technology will allow secure payments, purchasing over mobile phones
Nuggets: Sony puts your voice on a stick
News Transfer recordings between ICX-MS1 and Vaio laptop
Nuggets: Sony goes MP3 crazy
News First Memory Stick, now Music Clip...
Dome vistors to be shot into cyberspace
News 3D rendering technology will put users into virtual world
News Burst: E-commerce, surveillance in Queen's Speech
News Bill to be introduced to Parliament as soon as possible
Oftel lays down challenge to BT
News 'Complain about BT and we will act' says the regulator, as ISPs air grievances in secret forum
Poorly timed software upgrade paralyses Nasdaq
News Nasdaq needed upgrade to handle unusually high trading volume, but ended up halting system for 17 minutes
Intel and AMD chip rivalry yield unexpected user bonanza
News The escalating speed race between Intel and AMD augurs faster, cheaper computers sooner than expected
Comdex '99: Win2000 beta Wednesday?
News The last Release Candidate slipped a few days, but an internal Microsoft memo insists that things are still on track
Comdex '99: Will you take Windows 2000 home?
News Microsoft is planning for the scenario where its business OS becomes a home, small biz platform
Comdex '99: Corel puts a penguin the desktop
News "Linux is as user friendly as Windows"
Comdex '99: Everex dumps WinCE
News Decides against colour-screen and monochrome Windows handhelds, saying market is not mature
Comdex '99: Microsoft trumpets MP3 alternative
News New announcements designed to push Windows Media Audio format for next-generation music
Smartcard home banking may be on way to UK
News French company ActiveCard is supplying home-banking hardware to French banks, and UK talks are underway
News Burst: Tech guru hypes edible computers
News We'll eat and wear advanced medical monitors says Negroponte
Surfing the Show Floor
Comment It is the biggest fight we've seen for at least a year. All the aficionados (well, all except me...) are there and the gloves are off...
Nuggets: Whopping memory for MP3 Elite
News It'll hold three hours of MP3, looks great and charges while its downloading...
