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News European car owners are finding automobile-related information on the Internet increasingly useful, according to Cap Gemini's 'Cars Online Europe 1999' survey. Seventeen per cent of respondents saw the Internet as being either important or very... [09 Apr 1999]
Disabled workers call for help with online study
News The Leonard Cheshire Workability initiative aims to provide up to 10,000 young disabled adults with Internet-enabled PCs, training them virtually and helping with job searches. An online research project was launched yesterday, one of the goals of... [09 Apr 1999]
Senate bill cracks down on online stock fraud
News The trick of spreading a rumour about a company's value and then selling stock as the price rises has been used before on Wall Street, but on the Internet those rumours are reaching a much wider audience of unsuspecting investors. [09 Apr 1999]
Bertelsmann and Seagram launch online music venture
News The venture will make use of established BMG Internet sites such as Peeps Republic, BUGjuice and Rock Universe, which cater for specific genres of music. BMG Entertainment and Universal Music Group have formed an alliance to market music on the Net. [08 Apr 1999]
Compaq opts for Trintech security
News Trintech PayWare and PayGate will be the underlying technology for Compaq's new ActiveAnswers brand, which is aimed primarily at banks, traders and Internet service providers. Compaq has chosen Trintech to provide secure online payment services on... [08 Apr 1999]
LineOne gets £12m cash injection
News LineOne, the UK Internet service provider (ISP), is set to revamp its services with a £12m investment from BT and United News & Media - its parent companies. The cash injection follows shortly after News International announced it has withdrawn... [08 Apr 1999]
Online porn set for dedicated domain name
News In his application to Iana (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority), which controls top-level domain names, Olin offered to set the servers up himself. It is sponsored by publisher, AxAx Internet, of which Felix Olin is vice president. [08 Apr 1999]
Spyglass lands Microsoft Web deal
News The deal is expected to bring revenues of over $20m to Spyglass, known primarily for its Mosaic Internet browser. Spyglass has won a three year contract to supply Microsoft with Web services for its Windows CE handheld operating system. [08 Apr 1999]
Cap Gemini aids NatWest's move to ISA
News Godsave added: "As the project develops we hope to provide a link between the bus integration system and the Internet as well as bringing in unit trusts. James Greaves, head of technology for banking and securities division at Cap Gemini, believes... [08 Apr 1999]
C&WC and Telewest enter merger talks
News Greenman said: "C&WC was worried about the Internet and providing free local calls to ISPs, so they pulled the whole thing. Cable & Wireless Communications (C&WC) and Telewest have confirmed they are in merger talks. [07 Apr 1999]
IBM aims for high-speed Net video
News According to the companies, it will be the first global project for creating advanced Internet applications (AIA), and will enable collaboration among researchers around the world. IBM is to set up a research project aiming to deliver Web-based... [06 Apr 1999]
Registered users more likely to buy online
News Internet users who register with or personalise Web sites are more than twice as likely to buy online, claims a report from Fletcher Research. The report, called UK Internet User Monitor, is the first to quantify the correlation between Web use and... [06 Apr 1999]
IE browser gets Office 2000 fix
News Microsoft has issued an upgrade to its latest browser Internet Explorer (IE) 5.0 to fix integration problems with Office 2000. The software giant had originally shipped the updated code only with the manufacturers' version of the browser. [06 Apr 1999]
C&W sues MCI WorldCom over Net customers
News It claims that US telco has failed to hand over former MCI Internet customers as it was required to do to gain regulatory approval for its $40bn merger with WorldCom. MCI sold its Internet business last September to C&W for $1.75bn. [01 Apr 1999]
Yahoo! buys broadcast.com
News But Yasskin added that Internet video and audio still has a long way to go. Yahoo! has confirmed widespread rumours and announced that it is to buy broadcast.com for $5.7bn in stock. Broadcast.com is a video and audio aggregation service. [01 Apr 1999]
