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Archive - 31 May 2001

Britain is bottom in Internet development

Comment What on earth has the launch of Microsoft Office XP software got to do with the Prime Minister?

WAP usage soars with Big Brother

News Less than one week after the second Big Brother series, WAP usage has increased by a fifth in Britain as voyeurs seek to keep up

One.Tel could be set for UK split

News Company sources reveal that the UK is the only place that One.Tel is profitable, fuelling rumours of a breakaway

Via announces Tualatin support

News Chipset manufacturer unveils range of chipsets for next-generation Pentium III

Judge OKs FBI hack of Russian computers

News Evidence is admissable - even though the agency's tactics may have been in violation of Russian law

BT gets a blasting over Fasthosts outage

News ISP blames BT for fault that left thousands of UK Web sites out of action from Tuesday morning to Wednesday night

Spam maker swallows junk email double meaning

News Spam's squabble with cyberspace is done as Hormel Foods takes a bite of humble pie

Office XP faces hard sell

News Microsoft says features such as Smart Tags will speed up work, but many customers still do not see a need to move from Office 2000 despite licensing changes that make early upgrades cost effective

Apple partners with Thus for UK ISP connectivity

News Mac fans in the UK get Demon access

Two groups back Microsoft's online strategy

News Are Microsoft's rivals the ones really stifling competition?

Amazon sellers fume over auction glitch

News The e-commerce giant is upsetting users who say the listings they paid for never appeared on the auction site

One.Tel won't tell -- at least until next week

News Australian telco One.Tel is saying little about its collapse until the administrators have gone through the books

Itanium vs UltraSparc: first tests

News Early tests of Intel's 64bit Itanium processor show it neck and neck with Sun's UltraSparc III chip in some areas, but shining less brightly in others

Toshiba goes organic with new displays

News Organic light-emitting displays could appear in mobile phones next spring and in notebooks soon after, with higher brightness and lower power than LCDs

Hardware manufacturers snub new Athlons

News AMD's 1.2GHz and 1.3GHz chips, due next month with dual processor chipsets, are not proving popular with the big computer makers

Cirrus puts Bluetooth in audio devices

News Chip company will build Bluetooth into future versions of its Maverick processor, easing integration of the wireless networking standard into consumer electronics

Losses mount as GamePlay keeps seeking a buyer

News Financial results for the six months to January 2001 show that Gameplay is nearly down to its last £10m

Chips may slump into spring 2002

News 'One of the worst downturns in history,' says Morgan Stanley analyst, describing the chip industry's situation

A Year Ago: Net firm seeks nuclear bunker...

News Got a Web site? Feeling vulnerable? What you need is a nuclear bunker... Will Knight reports on the tactical defences of a modern day Net company

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