Free ISPs -- no fairytale ending
Comment My free-call Internet fairytale has finally come to an end. And no, since you ask, in this story they didn't all live happily ever after...
City finance, and stockbroker madness
Comment I hope you can find a replacement for your current ISP. It's not hard to predict: most of them are going to be out of business within six months.
Compaq, nuclear lab teaming on supercomputer
News Faster than a speeding bullet...
Letsbuyit.com gets bankruptcy reprieve
News Retail portal until next week to come up with the cash to pay its debts
PC market growth at historic low
News Economic slowdown and market saturation made for a dismal 2000, says a new report
Chip equipment stocks enjoy Intel-inspired rally
News Don't expect fireworks, but chip equipment shares are experiencing a quiet turnaround
UK gamemakers take a hit, despite record sales
News British game software market grows just six percent, even as game spending exceeds movies and videos
Melissa-X remains contained
News New strain of an old virus is controlled this time around, say antivirus experts
The Day Ahead: Wintel losing investment income crutch
News Find out how Intel and Microsoft are faring in the frosty economic climate
Chip industry looks to 2GHz in 2001
News More speed and 3G will boost chip demand, say analysts
Government ignores royalty rights for online artists
News Britain's actors to be given the big brother treatment
AltaVista: Lays off 200 people
News A week after suspending its IPO, the Web search pioneer issues pink slips to a quarter of its staff
Apple revs Mac OS Server update
News The industrial-strength version of the Mac OS is getting a technical and cosmetic facelift and will be due out this spring
Internet child pornographer gets 35 years
News Virginia man caught posting home digital pictures of schoolgirl on Web
Hotmail trashes users' email
News Microsoft defends its aggressive efforts to curb spam, even when it means filtering messages sent by ordinary Hotmail users
Judge dismisses suit against eBay
News Purchaser vulnerability in online auction sales
EToys to creditors: We can't pay
News With only enough cash to last until March, the financially strapped e-tailer tells toymakers it can't pay some of its bills
Email unplugged -- The promise of BlackBerry
Comment My chief technology officer's fingers aren't as small as you'd think. Don't get me wrong, Chris is tall at 6 feet 4 inches.
IBM delivers, comfortable with 2001 estimates
News Strong fourth quarter shows momentum, increased market share, says Big Blue
Microsoft meets lowered expectations
News Slowing consumer sales and lack of Windows 2000 takeup mean trouble in Redmond
EBay beats estimates and revenue soars
News A more stable picture for US online auction bellwether
Sun steers clear of computing slump
News Server company cuts costs to meet expectations
Microsoft's new Visual Basic - a .Not?
News The software giant is touting its new Visual Studio.Net suite as key to its .Net vision. But developers say the Visual Basic.Net beta falls short
Melissa-X disguised as Mac doc
News Also known as Melissa 2001, a new strain of an old virus appears to be a Mac-formatted version of an Office document that spreads as an e-mail attachment
Wireless to spark handheld boom
News Handhelds are defying the slowdown that has hit PC sales. Look for the trend to continue, say experts
A Year Ago: Tesco Online to create 7,000 jobs
News First published: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 13:01:59 GMT

