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Planet Online responds to Freeserve demand
News Planet Online, the UK ISP (Internet service provider) has placed an order for 150 Cisco access servers in an effort to keep up with demand for Freeserve, the free Net access service it runs. The company claims to have signed up 900,000 subscribers... [26 Jan 1999]
Cyber chums matter just as much
News An average internet user has 4.65 friends online whom they have never met in person and 1.6 friends they've met in person after originally encountering them online. Virtual buddies are becoming as important as 'real life' chums to many an internet... [01 Dec 2006]
Germany leads the way in online banking
News Arnold told the conference: "Two in five internet users already bank online and more than 40 per cent of German internet users operate an online bank account. Arnold claimed a poll taken by the association also revealed 86 per cent of German... [18 Oct 2000]
E-envoy logs off
News He outlined plans for government online services to incorporate voice and Braille capabilities, and promoted digital TV as an internet medium for disadvantaged sections of society. Faced with the mammoth task of putting government services online... [13 Oct 2000]
Credit cards lead online FS spending spree
News In 2006, nearly half (47 per cent) of US households with an internet connection applied for a credit card online, equating to an increase of more than 60 per cent in three years. The internet will become the primary way consumers apply for credit... [24 Oct 2006]
Landmark net inquiry to shape UK law for first time
News An online collaboration between Women's Aid, the Hansard Society and an all-party parliamentary group on domestic violence, has led to a report on hundreds of abused women's experience in the UK which could rewrite the Children's Act. [21 Jun 2000]
Warning about 'phishing' turns out to be scam
News The email, headlined 'Online Banking: Protect Yourself from Internet Fraud', purports to come from the address validate@westpac.com.au and includes a link to a website below the message: "As part of our ongoing commitment to provide the 'Best... [19 Dec 2003]
KPNQwest joins Europe Online in $11.1m deal
News Luxembourg-based Europe Online will integrate KPNQwest's backbone for its 'Internet via the Sky' service, which allows consumers to access the Internet via an ASTRA satellite or cable television service. [06 Dec 1999]
Website defacement contest - mischief-making little worse than normal
News Unknown attackers downed the largest recorder of website defacements on Sunday, the same day that vandals had been thought to be planning an online graffiti contest. We'll likely know over the next 36 hours," Roberto Preatoni, founder and editor of... [07 Jul 2003]
Red Hat launches e-marketplace for Linux community
News Meanwhile, PeopleSoft has released e-Procurement - its own Internet procurement product for companies looking to open an online marketplace. Linux vendor Red Hat has opened an online marketplace to provide users with information and up-to-date... [28 Apr 2000]
Net booms in UK as sales of consumer goods overtake IT
News Online 1999 annual Internet survey published today, with sales of books, CDs and holidays overtaking sales of hardware and software. The research, carried out by Mori, found the proliferation of ecommerce sites has seen online spending soar, with... [16 Sep 1999]
This time in '99: AOL complaints against DT lead to investigation
News AOL Europe has alleged that DT used its dominant market position to give its own Internet business, T-Online, an unfair advantage and is stifling competition as a result. The allegations include discriminatory pricing and provision of Internet... [20 Feb 2000]
Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) for Web Conferencing
White Paper Both large and small enterprises can leverage Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) - a process that converts voice into digital data packets and transmits it over the Internet - to cost-effectively host conference calls online. [12 Mar 2008]
Demon forced to give up @number.one advertising claim
News Demon's defence was that AOL - which has more users - is an online service provider (OSP), and not an Internet service provider (ISP), and that according to independent market research commissioned by the firm, the public understands the difference. [19 Jan 1999]
UK voters shut out of polls by lack of online democracy
News An online survey by Forrester Research called eVoting: Toward a UK Internet Democracy? It also found that a quarter of the respondents were unable to vote in the last election and many of them cited the inconvenient location of polling stations... [09 May 2001]
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