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America Online's IM system under investigation
News America Online's dominance of the Instant Messaging market is to be investigated by the Federal Trade Commission it emerges Wednesday. The investigation will form part of the FTC's ongoing review of America Online's buy-out of Time Warner.
[June 14, 2000, 17:01]
Egg says rich clients are the future online
News Online bank Egg is considering a move away from pure Web interfaces for its customers, according to chief information officer Tom Llube, in a shift that will have implications for developers as well as customers.
[January 29, 2004, 12:46]
Xbox Live to go online with BTopenworld
News BTopenworld has been chosen by Microsoft to provide ADSL-based broadband connectivity for Xbox Live, the company's online gaming service. Xbox Live is Microsoft's online gaming service, which will let gamers compete with each other across the...
[September 24, 2002, 16:37]
Music online: Big boys team up on delivery system
News AT&T said earlier this week that it "wants to be a major player" in selling music online, and early involvement in promising new business areas such as the nascent music-delivery business could certainly help justify AT&T's heavy investment in...
[May 6, 1999, 15:08]
World Online buys Localtel
News Pan-European ISP World Online continues its shopping spree Thursday with the acquisition of telecommunications firm Localtel -- parent of Screaming.net -- in preparation to launch yet another unmetered Internet access deal in Britain.
[March 9, 2000, 18:05]
Cyberattack strikes online forum
News Web bulletin boards hosted by Ezboard are slowly coming back online after being hit by a hacker, the company's chief said. In what CEO Robert Labatt called "a very precise and malicious Internet attack," all of the historical postings on all of...
[June 10, 2005, 10:15]
Clampi Trojan swipes online banking, log-in details
News The sites include banks, credit card companies, online casinos, retail sites, utilities, ad networks, stock brokerages, mortgage lenders and government and military portals. This type of Trojan, banking Trojans in general, are the biggest threat to...
[July 30, 2009, 13:10]
Microsoft to launch online TV service in UK
News Microsoft is to launch an online TV player in the UK next week, initially featuring 350 hours of BBC and ITV television programmes. The ad-supported service, called MSN Video Player, is designed to complement TV channels' existing online video...
[July 30, 2009, 14:59]
Microsoft may delay Xbox online service
News Microsoft may not take its Xbox online until as much as a year after launch, according to a new report. The software company, which is preparing to challenge dominant console player Sony Computer Entertainment and its PlayStation2 platform, plans...
[March 29, 2001, 12:02]
British court system goes online
News A facility for online claims will also be available in the next financial year providing citizens and small businesses with a Web based claims service. The consultation paper speaks of "paperless court rooms" where the majority of litigation is...
[January 17, 2001, 6:18]
UK school curriculum goes online
News The curriculum is due to go online today as the government announces a new set of digital initiatives for schools. Education secretary David Blunkett is determined to develop the idea of an online curriculum by building a national online library...
[April 2, 2001, 9:00]
ntl boots £65m into online football League site
News Revenue to the portal should come through advertising and the sale of club and league merchandise online, according to reports. Cable and telecommunications company ntl announced a £65m Internet deal with the Football League Wednesday.
[June 21, 2000, 16:46]
Inside Online Video
Downloads A look at the fast-rising online video industry. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
[July 27, 2007, 11:19]
IBM data scrambler protects online privacy
News IBM has developed new software that it hopes will make you feel safer about your privacy online. The software could be used not only with online merchants, but also by medical researchers dealing with sensitive health information, Agrawal said.
[May 31, 2002, 8:54]
British Museum puts collection online
News While there is nothing new about a museum trying to supplement its income by selling related merchandise to online visitors, what is different about the British Museum's site is that the two halves — the museum and the museum shop — now merge...
[February 15, 2008, 15:37]
MIT frees content online
News The real hope is that we start seeing many open courseware programs, with the net result of there being a critical mass of knowledge online for people everywhere," said Jon Paul Potts, communications manager for the program.
[September 30, 2003, 10:30]
RealNetworks signs online music pact
News In a widely anticipated move, RealNetworks on Monday formed a pact with media giants AOL Time Warner, Bertelsmann and EMI Group to bring about a new music subscription service online, dubbed MusicNet.
[April 2, 2001, 13:17]
Northern Ireland launches online-security campaign
News The Northern Ireland Executive has launched a campaign for online security. Robinson said that increasing use of the internet in Northern Ireland — where 69 percent of the public are regular online shoppers and 60 percent of children regularly...
[February 12, 2008, 11:50]
World Online leaves Internet customers in the lurch
News Dutch ISP World Online has withdrawn its fixed line telephony service from consumers, leaving thousands of Internet users with less than a month to find a new telephone service. Customers who were subscribing to the World Online joint Internet and...
[June 29, 2001, 16:31]
Sony sees 90 percent of its world online
Blog The world is going online in a big way and Sony believes it can see just how much. According to the company's chief executive, Sir Howard Stringer, 90 percent of the products made by Sony, including cameras, video players, televisions, will be...
[January 9, 2009, 11:00]
