Spyware: Time for the law?
Leader Our own downloads channel here at ZDNet UK, which is fed by downloads.com (owned by ZDNet's parent company CNET Networks), has for some time banned spyware. Just like the new WEEE man sculpture that was unveiled across the river from ZDNet UK...
[April 29, 2005, 14:45]
Is eBay the future of Web politics?
News Dyson currently serves as editor at large for CNET Networks, publisher of ZDNet UK. Business Web sites that foster an aura of community trust may hold the key to the future of online politics. A panel of Internet gurus gathered on Friday at the...
[December 13, 2004, 10:45]
Gongs for geeks
Leader The news this week that the creator of the Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, blew away all contenders to be named the Great Briton of 2004 surprised even ZDNet UK, whose parent company CNET Networks UK recently awarded him a lifetime achievement award.
[January 28, 2005, 12:35]
My love hate relationship with Toshiba!
Blog And I am not the only one, two or three other journos in CNET Networks UK have had the same model U200 and had the same problems - not the best piece of PR for Toshiba it has to be said. Toshiba were in my good books this week for hosting an...
[June 22, 2007, 17:32]
Morpheus tracks user surfing habits
News That software has been one of the most quickly distributed programs ever, with close to 30 million copies downloaded since 1 March, according to software aggregation site Download.com, a division of ZDNet publisher CNET Networks.
[March 20, 2002, 9:52]
Corel goes modular
News Webshots is a division of CNET Networks, publisher of ZDNet UK. Corel is introducing a new concept in free downloadable software. The system will offer modular components added by the user at will to a single platform kept on the desktop.
[June 27, 2006, 12:00]
Lycos sports 'for sale' sign
News Spanish Internet company Terra Lycos has retained investment bank Lehman Brothers to explore a possible sale of its US Internet business, including its flagship Lycos.com Web site, according to a document obtained by CNET News.com.
[April 28, 2004, 9:00]
iPod lights the way for IT
Leader At the BusinessWeek CIO discussion evening at London's RSA on Wednesday night (organised by the European Technology Forum, which is owned by ZDNet's parent company CNET Networks UK), complexity was singled out as the bête noir of every IT Director.
[May 19, 2005, 13:25]
The joy of push email
Blog And any concerns about work-life balance are offset by the fact that CNET Networks' chosen network operator doesn't manage a signal in my rural retreat. We've been writing about push email for long enough, and now we ZDNet hacks have got shiny new...
[September 4, 2007, 9:59]
Programming talent search 2004 kicks off
News These will include a guaranteed interview for the Microsoft Student Intern Programme, a guaranteed interview for the Microsoft Graduate Programme on graduation, and work experience at CNET Networks UK, the publishers of Builder UK and ZDNet UK.
[July 16, 2004, 16:30]
Computer Aid gives 40,000 PCs a fresh start
News Companies and individuals who wish to donate PCs and other computing equipment to Computer Aid can do so online through BridgeTheDigitalDivide.com, a site jointly run with ZDNet UK's parent company CNET Networks UK.
[February 4, 2005, 12:15]
Morpheus infiltrates other P2P networks
News Kazaa has been downloaded more than 315 million times, while Morpheus has reached 119 million, according to Download.com, a software aggregation site owned by News.com publisher CNET Networks. On Thursday, StreamCast Networks released a new test...
[January 19, 2004, 9:45]
Merger could end blog format war
News RSS has a long list of backers, which includes Apple Computer and News.com publisher CNET Networks. In an attempt to lasso support from Google, a key proponent of the syndication format RSS has proposed that it merge with its challenger under the...
[March 10, 2004, 8:10]
Google and Yahoo sued over gambling ads
News Included among them is CNET Networks, publisher of News.com and ZDNet UK. Some gambling ads on Google, Yahoo and other major Web sites are illegal in California, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday.
[August 4, 2004, 9:20]
Spam under fire from UK government
News Several top tech firms took part earlier this moth in a summit meeting hosted by CNET Networks -- publisher of ZDNet UK -- to discuss way of tackling the issue. Internet and mobile phone users will be better protected from spam under proposals...
[March 27, 2003, 13:28]
Yahoo! ads set to get flashier
News Web media companies such as the New York Times Digital, MSNBC.com and CNET Networks, the publisher of ZDNet UK, have also been pushing the envelope in serving larger, flashier advertisements. Web portal Yahoo!
[July 16, 2002, 7:27]
'Windows' toughest competitor is pirates' - Gates
News According to research conducted for CNET Networks Australia at the start of 2004, corporate information technology users were forecasting a healthy future for popular open-source variant Linux on the desktop, with more than three-quarters of...
[June 28, 2004, 10:15]
BBC throws down broadband gauntlet
News Mike Barrett, European technology director at CNET Networks, publisher of ZDNet UK, said: "The internet business five years ago was very scary and very immature. Media companies must now keep their side of the bargain and deliver content which...
[November 9, 2004, 12:13]
Napster to go legit as part of Roxio
News Leader Kazaa is still attracting more than 2.5 million downloads of its software in a week, according to Download.com, a software aggregation site operated by CNET Networks, publisher of ZDNet UK. Napster has finally sealed a deal that may see it...
[November 15, 2002, 12:33]
Legal swapping networks flourish
News Kontiki counts GameSpot, a game site News.com publisher CNET Networks owns, among its clients -- though it now focuses more on internal corporate communications. While prominent peer-to-peer companies such as Kontiki and Groove Networks have...
[March 12, 2004, 7:40]



