Previous DayBroadband price cuts likely to win Oftel approval
News The reductions in the cost of BT's wholesale ADSL products looks set to get a green light from the regulator
ISPs reveal broadband price cut details
News Freeserve becomes the first of the Big Three ISPs to reveal its broadband price cuts, but the most tempting offers come from the smaller providers
Business users benefit from broadband cuts
News A £20 per month saving in the cost of broadband will be popular, and is already being passed on to some customers
Invasion of the email-spammers
Comment A mysterious email by a gun lobby to an email address that no one knew set Peter Judge on a mission to find out how the spam gets through
Microsoft: Now HTTP needs replacing
News The protocol used to deliver Web pages has reached its limits for Web services and peer-to-peer applications, according to Microsoft .Net evangelist Don Box
Composers play with game tunes
News Would-be composers can give Final Fantasy and other games the soundtrack of their choice, and post critiques of other compositions
Why Intel will never inspire an iMac
Comment The latest iMac is a triumph for aesthetics - but Matt Loney argues that concept PCs will never scale the same design heights
W3C retreats from royalty policy
News The World Wide Web Consortium has rejected a proposal to allow companies to charge royalty fees if their technology is used in an Internet standard
IDF: Faster Rambus DRAM to take on rivals
News With one eye on competing SDRAM makers, Rambus gets ready to show off speedier DRAM technology at the Intel Developer Forum
Digital photo standards getting a push
News Industry groups are working on a standard to govern how images and video stored on CDs and DVDs would be displayed on devices
Europe needs broadband competition
News Demand for broadband in Europe is continuing to grow, but competition is needed to drive carriers to upgrade their networks, says a new study
AOL may opt for mass-market broadband rollout
News Following BT's steep price cuts on wholesale ADSL, AOL and other ISPs may be more willing to put their advertising weight behind the technology
Sun to charge for next StarOffice
News Sun's rival to Microsoft Office could cease to be a free download, a move that some observers say would undermine its case against the 'Microsoft tax'
Microsoft gets down to business
News The software giant is making a new push into business software, as it seeks new, growing markets to dominate
Intel's Barrett: PC market on the mend
News The market for PC hardware is 'stabilising', particularly outside the US - but it's still a very uncertain world, the chip giant says
IDF: Next generation Serial ATA kicks off
News With the new high-speed hard disk interface, Serial ATA version 1, still some way off, work is already starting on version 2
Broadband prices to halve by 1 April
News After weeks of rumour, BT this morning confirms it will slash the price of wholesale broadband by the end of March, and sets itself a target of one million broadband customers by 2003
Microsoft tunes MSN Music site
News Microsoft has redesigned its MSN Music site to allow users to download specific music files and to buy music on subscription
Five years ago: IBM revamps Aptiva line
News IBM has completely revamped its Aptiva range of consumer PCs
