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Wednesday 30 August 2000

Transatlantic Cable: Needling Napster & mugging MP3

Is online music going off the rails? Our Silicon Valley correspondent Richard Baguley looks at two battles over the future direction of digital distribution

It's time for the start-up to grow up

Dot-com start-ups need more than a catchy name, some high-profile investors and first-mover advantage to succeed.

Transatlantic Cable: My DSL Hell

DSL is the way of the future, but getting it installed sometimes requires the patience of a saint of old. silicon.com's US correspondent, Richard Baguley, offers a cautionary tale of the DSL blues from Silicon Valley

Ask the Lawyer @ silicon.com

Every month, silicon.com solves your IT law problems. Just send your questions to askthelawyer@silicon.com. This month, Alastair Breward of UK firm, Taylor Joynson Garrett, responds to your queries

CIO wanted, no experience necessary: the IT skills shortage

That the European IT industry is hamstrung by a chronic skills shortage is not under debate, the solutions to the problem, however, remain contentious. The UK government's latest plan to introduce a "fast track" visa system has met with a storm of protest. Lisa Burroughes investigates

Wherefore unmetered access and grammer good

They seek him here, they seek him there, that elusive scarlet AltaVista unmetered access user.

Finland's argument for a smartcard future

The Finnish government's project to introduce smartcards for its population has caused plenty of controversy. But has Finland created the blueprint for future government or started a Big Brother culture? Vesa Vatka, from the country's Population Register Centre, reckons the technology has brought many benefits...

French utility to get 60,000 PCs from Compaq

Suzanna Kerridge, Paris correspondent


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