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News Roundup: Internet twins adopted online
News Read all about the sorry saga in ZDNet's roundup: NEWS: Click on the TalkBack button and go to the ZDNet News forum. The row over the baby twins 'bought' on the Internet has caused nationwide disgust at the idea that children can be traded as...
[January 23, 2001, 10:00]
News Roundup: Traumatic week for Microsoft sites
News ZDNet brings you a roundup of what turned into the week from hell for the world's biggest software firm. NEWS: Click on the TalkBack button and go to the ZDNet News forum. Usually omnipresent software mogul Microsoft all but vanished last week...
[January 29, 2001, 16:45]
News Roundup: Mounting pressure on RIP Bill
News ZDNet UK News brings you a roundup of the latest news on Britain's most controversial Internet legislation.s technology could thwart RIP bill A solution to the RIP bill may lie in a 20 year old technology.
[June 13, 2000, 9:28]
News Roundup: Sacking shadow haunts IT workers
News Bad news in the mobile phone sector, combined with a US economic slowdown, has meant many of the UK's high-tech workers have been facing redundancy. NEWS: Click on the TalkBack button and go to the ZDNet News forum.
[April 3, 2001, 9:49]
News Roundup: Attack on America
News NEWS Click for more in-depth coverage at the ZDNet UK News Specials page. Tuesday 11th September News Web sites can't cope in the aftermath of the tragedy as Internet traffic between Europe and the US rises by a factor of 40
[September 12, 2001, 13:10]
News Roundup: Xbox is unveiled
News With Bill Gates in Japan for the Tokyo Games Show, rumours and news about Xbox have been flying over the past week. Gamespot UK has a channel devoted to the latest Xbox news, reviews and previews. Click on the TalkBack button and go to the ZDNet...
[March 30, 2001, 11:46]
News Roundup: Microsoft source code stolen
News NEWS Go to AnchorDesk UK for the news comment. To have your say online click on the TalkBack button and go to the ZDNet News forum. Microsoft has admitted that its security defences have been breached and exploited for a month by hackers who could...
[October 27, 2000, 15:56]
News Roundup: Itanium's big day
News NEWS The news that Sun's latest UltraSparc III chip has a bug is reminiscent of a similar problem found in Intel's Pentium chips a while back. Click for more in-depth coverage at the ZDNet UK News Specials page.
[May 29, 2001, 12:48]
News Roundup: Dialling up mobile phone viruses
News ZDNet UK News brings you the latest news and analysis. News The new 'Timofonica' computer virus spams mobile phones with text messages, and has re-awakened fears about security on wireless devices. Timofonica virus 'blown out of proportion' -- Thu...
[June 8, 2000, 14:39]
News Roundup: April brings showers of job losses
News NEWS: Thu, 26 Apr Shares down on layoff news, as 3,500 staff are cut Click on the TalkBack button and go to the ZDNet News forum. While the British economy is still experiencing growth, workers this side of the Atlantic are not immune from the US...
[April 19, 2001, 13:02]
News Roundup: BT in crisis
News News Burst: Oftel sets unmetered access talks News Burst: The Net will make us kinder -- BT News Burst: BT to trial smart cards See techTrader for more technology investment news, plus quotes and research.
[November 19, 1999, 17:20]
News Roundup: Bluetooth ache means wireless woe
News The bad news came on top of concerns that Bluetooth could have a powerful rival.b, a wireless local area network (LAN) standard is catching on in America, and some experts believe its popularity could come at the expense of Bluetooth.
[April 6, 2001, 10:16]
News Roundup: BT must face up to its debt problem
News NEWS: The news from the telecoms world is pretty grim. Click on the TalkBack button and go to the ZDNet News forum. BT is facing crunch time. Managing director Sir Peter Bonfield needs to pay off a third of his company's £30bn debt as promised...
[March 21, 2001, 11:22]
News Roundup: CeBIT as it happens
News NEWS: Click on the TalkBack button and go to the ZDNet News forum. Even before CeBIT 2001 kicked off, industry giants were gearing up with pre-announcements of some of the innovative technologies that will be on show this year.
[March 19, 2001, 10:45]
News Roundup: IR35 in the High Court
News NEWS: Click on the TalkBack button and go to the ZDNet News forum. IR35 came into force in April 2000, and increases the tax liabilities of a consultant's personal services company by taxing turnover as income.
[March 16, 2001, 10:50]
News Roundup: Microsoft v Psion on wireless Internet
News Microsoft and Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson last week announced a partnership to develop wireless Internet applications. The deal is a big victory for Microsoft, which had sat on the sidelines as the world's biggest wireless-phone makers -- including...
[December 10, 1999, 14:53]
Wireless World: News roundup
News With the first WAP phones already on sale across the pond, the possibility of buying tickets, checking email and accessing news and information on the road is rapidly becoming reality. Go to AnchorDesk UK for the news comment.
[March 2, 2000, 11:20]
News Roundup: Domain name plans under scrutiny
News NEWS: Click on the TalkBack button and go to the ZDNet News forum. Under a proposed deal with VeriSign, the company that now manages the .com, .net and .org domains after buying Network Solutions last year, all .org owners face losing their domain...
[March 12, 2001, 11:46]
News Roundup: BT's unmetered Net access plan
News This week BT finally bowed to pressure from the government, industry, Oftel and users and offered unmetered access . The move follows a new tariff system for Internet service providers announced two weeks ago, which was universally criticised by...
[December 8, 1999, 11:21]
News Roundup: Napster facing the music
News NEWS: A court ruling on Tuesday forces Napster to remove all copyright-protected material from its MP3-swapping service within three days. However, the decision is seen as something of a victory for Napster, as the record industry has been told to...
[March 6, 2001, 15:02]
