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Archive - 29 Sep 1999

Philips to debut WAP phones early 2000

News Fancy a Web phone? Nokia and Ericsson have announced them, now Philips joins the fray.

Nationwide puts faith in biometrics

News Building society to test voice-recognition for telephone banking, with a possible rollout beginning in six months.

News Burst: Brits not ready for MP3, says Creative

News UK consumers aren't ready for MP3. That's the message from Creative, which has decided to restrict sales of its eagerly-awaited Nomad portable MP3 player to its Web site.

Freeserve makes e-commerce gains

News Pioneering free ISP is making more from e-commerce and advertising than telephone revenues.

Startup organises your Web life

News Yodlee's technology allows consumers to see data from multiple online accounts at a central site.

Online city guides push into Europe

News UK-based Wcities.com plans guides in six European cities, with US locations to follow.

IBM unveils developer site

News Hopes DeveloperWorks has everything a developer could want, including areas for open-source projects and security.

Lotus adds media to Notes

News Adds streaming multimedia, with a focus on e-commerce.

Motorola opens European wireless R&D centre

News On Tuesday Motorola's opened its Research and Development Centre in Turin, Italy.

AOL dumps unmetered access plans, hits out at BT

News Service provider rolled out reduced rates Monday, but says no-charge Internet calls will have to wait for regulatory reforms.

Network Solutions agrees to domain deal

News Company will retain control of its database of Internet addresses but agrees to sell addresses to competitors at a steep discount.

PC 300PL: The world's securest desktop?

News IBM thinks so. Equipped with a new embedded security chip, the PCs generate and store keys for private and public key-sharing apps.

News Burst: Lotus gets even more organised

News Organiser gets Net savvy in V6.0Release V6.0 of Organiser has been released by Lotus.

News Burst: 3Com targets home users with G.lite DSL

News Networking pioneer 3Com has expanded its relationship with DSL specialist Copper Mountain in an attempt to boost uptake of high-speed internetworking technology in the home.

World's unluckiest cracker gets two years

News Danish computer-crime detective was randomly selected for hack attack.

Cirrus-ly powerful chips boost Windows Media Audio

News Cirrus is the behind-the-scenes hero pushing Microsoft's rival to MP3.

Nuggets: Scanner to go

News Nuggets, twice a day, every day (well, we do our best!). Software, hardware and every gadget we can get our mitts on...

Fresh Winamp MP3 player available for FTP download

News MP3 enthusiasts can get their hands on the latest version of Winamp before it appears on the company's own homepage.

BT to woo businesses with new free ISP

News Hopes to open a new market by bringing free ISPs to small- and medium-sized companies.

Time Computers to donate computers to kids

News Time, WHSmith, John Menzies want to encourage kids to get online.

Xircom sets sights on consumer gadgets

News Acquisitions of Rex and Entegra take advantage of growing demand for next-generation information devices and peripherals.

Critics: EU in pocket of big-music interests

News The copyright debate around digital music is now focussing on proposed EU policy.

Yanks bring golden promises to UK net co's

News American-style VC funds say they'll turn Britain into a technotopia.

French army takes aim at Apple's AirPort

News French buyers of the iBook's wireless network could be staring down the barrel of an £18,600 fine or jail term.

News Burst: E-commerce makes money - it's official

News There is money to be made on the Web after all, as Freeserve announces it is making more money from e-commerce and advertising than from telephone calls revenue for the first time.

All work and no play for Intel's 810E chipset

News The latest 810E chip set from Intel does everything it says on the tin, but if gaming is your thing, don't go there.

A Year Ago: Intel is investing in Linux - but why?

News Originally published Tue, 29 Sep 1998 15:30:44 GMT