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Archive - 24 Aug 2000

Nuggets: Creative's MP3 jukebox is cool but large

News This beast can swallow 150 CDs in MP3 format

Text message kills policeman

News Inquest hears that ten buttons had to be pressed to access the message

Another unmetered ISP bites the dust

News They are falling like flies, and even the ones that are still going are disappointing ZDNet readers

First UK wedding shown on the Internet

News It's a wwwedding, as Brent Council lets surfers watch couples getting hitched

Pranksters hit Big Brother nomination lines

News Telephone rigging could push out Irish Thomas

Banking on technology

Comment I don't really know if I'm the person to do this, because personally I don't have a lot of time for banks. I am the person who, in another life, was writing a (wholly unsuccessful) sitcom script...

Unfinished business

Comment From the beginning, Java has suffered from hype. Because its early promises were so vast, it couldn't possibly measure up to the claims. (Not even dark chocolate is that good.) It was impossible...

Egg isn't the only bank cracked

News Egg wasn't the first, according to the National Crime Squad

The Day Ahead: VA Linux delivers, diversifies revenue base

News In danger of becoming a victim of its own publicity, VA Linus has instead shown itself to be a steady and reliable bet

PC crashes more stressful than queuing

News Surveys say we love our PCs and others love people with wacky mobile phone rings

AMD ready to run up the score

News Every five to six weeks between now and early next year, AMD will introduce faster Athlons - beginning at 1.1GHz, Monday

When worlds collide

Comment A recent Media Metrix & Jupiter Communications study titled "It's a Woman's World Wide Web" illustrates some interesting differences between the sexes.

News Burst: Pranksters hack into Big Brother nomination lines

News Hackers attempt to rig the telephone vote for blue-eyed Thomas

News Burst: Online criminal activity to increase

News The National Criminal Intelligence Service is concerned about money-laundering and the lack of interactivity between online banks and their customers

Intel XScale: 1GHz in your palm

News New processor architecture from Intel can run fast or consume little power - the developer decides

MP3Board sues AOL-Time Warner over Gnutella

News MP3Board shifts the blame to AOL-Time Warner

Unmetered incompetence

Comment Nothing on this earth will persuade me to paint BT as a knight in shining armour, fighting on behalf of the Internet user. Well, nothing, except maybe Andy Mitchell of AltaVista UK. He might manage...

BT's SurfTime is a flop

News Unmetered scheme has cost BT £100 per customer. Is SurfTime a total disaster?

A Year Ago: Yahoo! launches digital music site

News First published: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 16:28:38 GMT