Archive - 22 May 2000 - Technology News, Blogs, Product Reviews and White Papers

Real upgrade comes with strings attached

News Packages its top multimedia software and delivers a new level of personalised ads to its desktop applications. Invasion of privacy?

AMD to sell communications unit for $375m

News Advanced Micro Devices on Monday said it would sell 90 percent of its communications products unit to technology buyout firm Francisco Partners for about $375m (£251m) in cash

Lycos launches voice services

News Lycos is working with Quack.com to launch a suite of services that will allow consumers to access Web content over the telephone

AMD renews cheap chip attack

News Duron will take Athlon technology into the cheap PC zone - with a few tweaks along the way

Yahoo! launches direct stock purchase program

News Yahoo! joined the list of firms that will allow consumers to buy stock directly from the company via its Web site, the company said Monday

MoD recovers top-secret laptop

News Errant laptop with unprotected defence data returns to the MoD

Napster gets funding, new CEO

News Napster has received $15m (£10.04m) in funding from a group of venture capital firms led by Hummer Winblad Venture Partners.

The Day Ahead: Companies hope pricing is right as IPO window opens

News Is the pricing right for initial public offerings? Tech companies on the IPO bubble are adjusting price ranges to attract investors

Exchanges grow amid fears

News Online exchanges promise to greatly reduce costs for businesses, according to Sanjiv Sidhu, chairman and chief executive of exchange software vendor i2 Technologies

netimperative.com bites the dust

News UPDATE: Another dot com startup calls in the liquidators as speculation mounts as to who will be next

News Burst: netimperative.com bites the dust

News netimperative.com goes under as UK dotcoms prepare for what could be a tough period ahead

Comment You can now join in sports on your PC. I don't mean just that you can play Quake or HomeWorld, or golf simulators; a new device shown by Intel at E3 actually allows you to move your body, and a...