second life
RSS second lifeBuy.com saved by $9m injection
News Buy.com has been rescued for the second time in just two weeks by its millionaire founder, with a $9m cash injection. Earlier this week the troubled US e-tailer faced closure because the company that processed its credit... [24 Aug 2001]
Breathing life into broadband: Will satellite technologies save the day?
Comment The second largest VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) supplier is Gilat Satellite Networks, based in Petah Tikva, Israel. Sending data into space and back takes a long time, so there is inevitably a short delay (around... [21 Aug 2001]
John Lamb's week: Intel price cuts on the horizon?
Comment Calling the internet a virtual world is a cliché, but for disabled people the prospect of being released from the restrictions of everyday life is not. Operating system junkies can get a second fix at... [17 Aug 2001]
Sanctioned surfing becoming integral part of office life
News Corporate information sites topped the hit list, accounting for 49 per cent of work-time traffic, with financial sites coming a close second (42 per cent) and online travel third (31 per cent). Neilsen/NetRatings... [12 Jul 2001]
There's more to life than money: FTSE rates firms on ethics
News FTSE's criteria for social responsibility will also be outlined today and while weapons makers, chemical companies and tobacco firms are most at risk, the hardware sector - which has been attacked in the past for its environmentally... [10 Jul 2001]
Tailless mice eating holes in corporate networks
News However, no real life examples of this have ever been recorded, and some pretty smart technology is needed before it can happen. Gareth Hayes, European product manager for Logitech, said that the technique needs James... [04 Jun 2001]
Voters @ a loss over how to contact their MPs
News Started life as a primary school teacher and once wrote a book called the Road to Basildon. A close second, the shadow secretary of state for culture, media and sport is probably best known for admitting... [19 May 2001]
Douglas Adams: 1952 - 2001
News Adams was the creator of the cult science fiction series the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life as a radio play, became a 'trilogy' of five books and then a memorable TV series - who could forget that... [14 May 2001]
Sun cold in the channel
Comment First to go were the design agencies, over-stretched and fat from life on huge marketing budgets of the 'old companies' stampeding online. Yet once the receivers get called in to companies that have bought the kit,... [27 Apr 2001]
Blair's digital wake-up call
Comment In its defence the government will point to UK Online, the portal that provides information and services via so-called 'life episodes'. With a second term in the offing, this report is a timely wake-up... [15 Mar 2001]
The Director's Cut: Navigating the email minefield
Comment Our inboxes seem to act like magnets, speeding up the tempo, complexity and reactive pressure of business life. Second, never send an email reply when you are angry - it starts a negative spiral that can... [20 Feb 2001]
Windows XP, Japan's PDA push, and the CIA's strange interest in SafeWeb
Comment The Wall Street Journal last week published an article reporting a connection between the US Central Intelligence Agency and a small internet company, SafeWeb, whose mission in life is to allow users to access any... [16 Feb 2001]
E-envoy: evangelist or just a troubleshooter?
News I'm deeply sceptical about the role of governments in deciding what people should do in commercial life. There is a second role for the e-envoy, going out there and flying the flag for UK plc. Speaking... [02 Feb 2001]
Breathe.com: The latest high profile failure
News Breathe has failed in its attempts to secure a second round of funding. The Guardian ("expired") reports that having run up debts of £50m the ISP has now called in administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers to tout the... [18 Dec 2000]
John Lamb's Year: 2001 - surfing in space
Comment Both products are expected to be available in the second half of next year, but don't hold your breath. Those who have read Clarke's book will recall that aliens land on earth, alter the development of homo sapiens and... [18 Dec 2000]
