Internet Business News articles from December 2003

Internet Business News archives from December 2003

Most active virus for November 2003 is Sober-A.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Antivirus company Sophos has announced that the most frequently occurring virus for the month of November 2003 is the W32/Sober-A worm. The Sober worm was not seen until November...

HIV/Aids concert shown live on the Internet.
December 1, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The recent Nelson Mandela's Aids Day Concert has been webcast around the globe so that Internet users could see artists such as Queen, Bono, Ms Dynamite and Beyonce perform live. ...

Increased online shopping expected by Royal Mail.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK postal company Royal Mail has predicted that there will be GBP3bn spent online in the four weeks leading up to Christmas. The company goes on to state that this amount will be...

Hotel chain opts for Straker technology.(Shado MX)(Brief Article)
December 2, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Web-based content management solutions provider Straker Interactive has had its Shado MX content management system chosen by hotel chain Sarova Hotels for use on its web site. ...

UK web site set up for migrant workers.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The UK Government has launched a new web site that aims to explain the rules for foreign nationals wanting to work legally in the UK. The site can be found at...

Openwave and Brightmail team for anti-spam initiative.(Brief Article)
December 2, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Open software products provider Openwave Systems Inc has joined forces with anti-spam technology provider Brightmail to launch spam prevention solutions. Both companies will...

BT Openzone and STSN team for hotel Wi-Fi offering.(Brief Article)
December 3, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Broadband services supplier STSN has joined with UK-based Wi-Fi provider BT Openzone to launch a WLAN service aimed at the hospitality market sector. The new offering will...

Hitachi survey shows companies using high proportion of storage space for e-mail.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Data storage company Hitachi Data Systems has announced that the rising amount of e-mail traffic is pushing up the cost of data storage for businesses. The company claims that...

NHS recruitment web site launched in the UK.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new web site has been launched by the UK Government that will act as an online recruitment service for the NHS. Visitors to the site at http://www.nhs.uk/jobs can view and...

Finland may face EU action over non-adoption of e-privacy law.
December 5, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Finland is reportedly facing European Union action over its failure to adopt new EU legislation to tighten electronic privacy. An EU source quoted by Reuters has said that the...

Business Serve ships new anti-spam product.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK ISP Business Serve plc has announced the availability of its server-based antiSPAM solution for reducing the amount of spam received by a company. The new product aims to...

BT click&buy reveals the content that is available for Christmas.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new web site has been launched by online payments company BT click&buy that showcases all of the content that is available for purchase over the Christmas period. The site can...

Gamesys designs games site for UK breakfast show.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK breakfast show GMTV has expanded its web site to offer an instant win gaming section that has been built by online gaming solutions provider Gamesys. The site can be found at...

BT expands its SDSL coverage.(Brief Article)
December 5, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK telecomms company BT plc has begun to roll out its wholesale SDSL products to a further 50 exchanges in the UK. The extra 50 exchanges that are enabled for SDSL will bring the...

Harrods finds users need to have trust and confidence in an online casino.(Brief Article)
December 8, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Online gambling organisation Harrods Casino has conducted a survey to examine what aspects of an online casino are taken into consideration when users choose to take part in...

YLE web pages cracked.(Brief Article)
December 8, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The web pages of YLE, the Finnish broadcasting corporation, have been attacked by "crackers". The pages were broken into overnight between Saturday and Sunday (6-7 December) and...

China's Internet use increasing.(Brief Article)
December 8, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new survey has predicted that 78m Chinese people will be using the Internet by the end of 2003. Currently China has the second largest number of Internet users after the US...

REVIEW: The Wired Homestead.(Book Review)
December 9, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD This collection of written work by some of the world's foremost experts on the Internet and its place in society, provides a complicated and advanced look at how the web has affected...

SurfControl warns of Christmas viruses in the workplace.(Brief Article)
December 9, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Web and e-mail filtering company SurfControl has issued a warning to UK businesses to be careful over the festive period and reduce the risk of virus infection. The company...

UK Council receives Internet kiosks from BT.(Bolton Council)
December 9, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK telecomms company BT plc has been awarded a contract from Bolton Council for the provision of free online access to council and other public sector information at BT Internet...

MessageLabs reports increase in spam and viruses over 2003.(Brief Article)
December 9, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Managed e-mail security services provider MessageLabs has reported that two thirds of all spam e-mails are now sent by hijacked PCs. Companies and individuals that send spam...

New web site offers videos of Santa Claus.(Brief Article)
December 9, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new web site has been launched at http://www.santatelevision.com that uses streaming technology to show visitors videos of Santa Claus, his elves, Lapland and Christmas around the...

Skinkers delivers festive Santa advent messages to PC desktops.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD PC-based broadcasting company Skinkers Communications has launched its Santa Alerts desktop application for PC owners over the Christmas period. The desktop Santa will give...

TNS finds UK lagging behind other countries in e-government service usage.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Market information group TNS has announced that it has observed a rise in the use of e-government services in the UK during the past year. There are now 18% of all adults in the...

New VoIP service available from BT.(Brief Article)
December 10, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK telecomms company BT plc has launched a new service that enables PC users to make telephone calls over the Internet. The company claims that this could result in cost savings...

e-book sales on the rise.(Q3 2003)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
December 10, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Sales of e-books have risen 64% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2003, according to Open eBook Forum, with the value of sales rising 37% from USD1.9m to USD2.6m. It is the...

New HTML e-mail communications solution ships from Oliver and Graimes Design Associates.(Do It Yourself HTML Email Manager )(Brief Article)
December 10, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Design studio Oliver and Graimes Design Associates Ltd has launched its Do It Yourself HTML Email Manager for businesses wanting to compose, edit and send their own HTML e-mails to...

eBay UK successfully defends complaint about advertisement.(to Advertising Standards Authority from Trader Media Group)(Brief Article)
December 10, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) recently received a complaint about a magazine advertisement for online marketplace eBay UK. The ad, which appeared in a...

Sun Microsystems and Vodafone team to showcase Java games online.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Hardware, software and services provider Sun Microsystems Inc has entered into an agreement with mobile operator Vodafone that will see Java technology-based games being showcased on...

THUS introduces spam filtering technology.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK business ISP THUS plc has begun offering spam filtering capabilities to its customers that are subscribed to its Demon Internet access service. The spam filtering...

More than 3m broadband subscribers in the UK claims Oftel.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK telecomms industry watchdog Oftel has announced that there are now more than 3m broadband connections in the UK. In total, around 40,000 UK households or businesses are...

New web site from Ocean Village features multimedia holiday overview.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Cruise company Ocean Village has launched an upgraded version of its web site with an online virtual holiday experience. Visitors to the site can now view video, pans, music and...

Gamesys sets up games section on Daily Telegraph web site.(Brief Article)
December 12, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK newspaper the Daily Telegraph has launched a new games section on its web site following a recent agreement with Gamesys, an online gaming solutions company. The games...

Sony opts for web measurement from WebtraffIQ.(Brief Article)
December 12, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Web analytics firm WebtraffIQ has been awarded a contract from electronics company Sony UK to manage its web site measurement and analysis. WebtraffIQ will now provide Sony with...

NTL launches broadband demonstration facility in the UK.(Brief Article)
December 12, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Communications services provider NTL Business has set up a free broadband demonstration facility at the Sandfields Young Business Centre in the UK. The aim of the centre is to...

EU anti-spam law comes into force.(EU Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communication )(Brief Article)
December 12, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new anti-spam law has been introduced in the EU that will make the sending of unsolicited commercial e-mails or text messages to individuals illegal unless consent is received...

Coca-Cola set to start online music download site.(Brief Article)
December 12, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Drinks manufacturer Coca-Cola has announced that it is planning on launching a music download web site in the near future. The company claims that the service will offer more...

IMRG reports rise in Internet shopping in the UK.(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
December 12, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Industry organisation for global retailing IMRG has revealed that the rate of Internet shopping in the UK has risen 44% from the same time one year ago. The company goes on to...

Vordel and Oblix team for product integration.(Brief Article)
December 15, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD XML Security and management company Vordel has joined forces with identity-based solutions developer Oblix to launch a standards-based XML security solution. Under the terms of...

Microsoft moves to protect small businesses in the UK.(contract with Business Watch Guides )(Brief Article)
December 15, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Microsoft has entered into an agreement with security awareness publishing initiative The Business Watch Guides in a bid to help UK small businesses reduce the risk of electronic...

Delta Air Lines launches online mall.(Brief Article)
December 15, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Delta Air Lines has launched an online mall that allows SkyMiles programme members to earn miles for purchases at stores throughout Skymilesshopping.com. The site features a...

UK Government report shows businesses are making better use of IT.(Brief Article)
December 15, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The UK Government has completed a report and found that UK businesses are making better use of IT and communications technologies. The results showed that UK businesses see IT as...

New online event reminder service launched by thedoghouse.co.uk.(Brief Article)
December 15, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Lifestyle tool thedoghouse.co.uk has launched a reminder and gift service in a bid to remind its users about special events such as birthdays and anniversaries. Internet users...

UK Government advises online shoppers of their rights.(Brief Article)
December 15, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The UK Government has launched a list of guidelines that online Christmas shoppers should adhere to in order to ensure that they minimise the risk of online fraud. Consumers are...

New survey compilation tool ships from ObjectPlanet.(Brief Article)
December 15, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Network monitoring tools vendor ObjectPlanet inc has launched its Opinio Betaversion 4.2 product for performing online surveys. The new version of the software lets companies...

New antivirus service available now from Zen Internet.(Brief Article)
December 16, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD ISP Zen Internet has launched an upgraded virus checking service which is designed to prevent any malicious code infecting a network or PC and maintaining a company's availability....

Castelaine survey shows UK start ups need to introduce more security measures.(Brief Article)
December 16, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Managed security services provider Castelaine has conducted a survey and found that UK start up companies are vulnerable to high tech crime. The company claims that just 21% of...

GetUpdated Sweden AB receives contract from Jobline AB.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Swedish web-based information monitoring and updating solutions provider GetUpdated Sweden AB said on Wednesday (17 December) that it had received a contract for an information...

Bookstore and Amazon.com experiment with wireless shopping.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Trident Bookseller and Cafe in Boston is taking part in an experimental programme with Cambridge Mass.-based software firm, SmartWorlds, to give customers PDAs which can scan a...

Overstock.com chasing Amazon.com customers.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Overstock.com looks set to become the best performing online retailer this Christmas after announcing that it sold over USD6m worth of goods on the Thanksgiving weekend, causing its...

KANA announces availability of its KANA Response 8 software.(Brief Article)
December 17, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Provider of knowledge-powered CRM applications, KANA has announced the availability of the KANA Response 8 software. The new software is a solution for enterprise e-mail response...

Mirapoint reveals its 45-Series solutions for messaging networks.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Network solutions provider Mirapoint has launched new versions of its Message Server and Message Director e-mail and security appliances. The new 45-Series editions of the...

Juniper Networks delivers Internet platform for Telefonica.(Juniper Networks E-Series)(Brief Article)
December 18, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Networking company Juniper Networks Inc has had its E-series platform chosen by telecomms company Telefonica for use in delivering video on demand, digital TV and music services. ...

UK's poorest citizens are not connecting to the Internet.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Office of National Statistics in the UK has completed a piece of research that shows just 13% of households in the bottom fifth of the UK's gross income table have Internet...

BT tests radio broadband technology.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK telecomms company BT plc has begun testing radio broadband technology that could connect rural homes and businesses that are too far away from an ADSL exchange to receive a...

Online channels to account for 2% of the advertising market in the UK for 2003.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Industry trade body the Interactive Advertising Bureau has announced that the online advertising market is set to reach GBP300m this year in the UK. The increase from GBP151.6m...

Sirocom observes a rise in working from home.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Virtual network operator Sirocom has completed a survey and found that over 3m people in the UK will be working from home over the Christmas period. This is reportedly an...

Google experiment offers book excerpts and reviews.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Internet search engine, Google, has started an experiment called 'Google Print' where it publishes the opening chapters of books and corresponding reviews online. Google said...

New genealogy web site launched for England and Wales.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new web site has been launched that offers visitors the chance to view the complete register of every birth, death and marriage in England and Wales since 1837. The site -...

Microsoft attempts to sue individual for sending spam.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Microsoft Corp has begun legal proceedings with the aim of suing an individual that is allegedly responsible for sending billions of spam e-mails. The spammer - Scott Richter -...

International police force set up to combat child pornography on the Internet.(Brief Article)
December 19, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD An international police force has been set up that is focussed on catching paedophiles that go online and try to download pornographic images of children. The new initiative...

Skanova to complete broadband network build-out in Markaryd in Sweden.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Finnish-Swedish telecomms operator TeliaSonera AB said on Friday (19 December) that its Swedish telephony, Internet and broadband network subsidiary Skanova was about to finish the...

Opening of 5.8GHz Band C by UK Government to increase broadband internet availability in rural areas.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The UK Government Department of Trade and Industry is opening the 5.8Ghz Band C spectrum on 2 of February 2004 for the provision of broadband fixed wireless access services. The...

Apple and America Online partner to provide access to exclusive tracks via iTunes Music Store.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD AOL members in America can preview, purchase and download songs available on AOL Music at the click of a button due to a partnership between Apple and America Online. By...

KANA Christmas survey reveals customers expectations.(Brief Article)
December 22, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Customer support applications provider KANA, has advised retailers to ensure that websites are up to standard so they can benefit from the estimated GBP4bn which will be spent on...

Cyber Gear allows Starwood Hotels customers to book a table online.(Brief Article)
December 23, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD e-business solutions provider Cyber Gear has developed an online restaurant reservations service for Starwood Hotels & Resorts in the Middle East. The website at...

Skanova to expand broadband network in Vastmanland in Sweden.(Brief Article)
December 23, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Finnish-Swedish telecomms operator TeliaSonera AB said on Monday (22 December) that its Swedish telephony, Internet and broadband network subsidiary Skanova had signed a contract...

Protx predicts UK online shopping will make GBP2.3bn in January 2004.(Brief Article)
December 23, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Secure online payment and e-mail solutions provider Protx claims that UK online retailing will make over GBP2.3bn in January 2004, a 230% increase on January 2003. Increased...

UK ISP CharityDays launches new products and services.(Brief Article)
December 23, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD UK Internet Service Provider CharityDays is set to launch a new product range. The ISP, which donates 60% of its income to over 125 UK charities, has a new portal as well as new...

Increase in US broadband connections.(Brief Article)
December 24, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Broadband Internet connections via cable and telephone lines in the United States increased by 18% to 23.6m in the first six months of 2003. In contrast to the UK, cable access...

SBI.Razorfish and Art Technology Group Inc create new website for FranklinCovey.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Marketing and technology consulting firm SBI.Razorfish and software applications provider Art Technology Group Inc have designed and built FranklinCovey's new website. The new...

Multimap.com features banner ads for new UK toll road.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Mapping and location-based services provider Multimap.com is to support Midland Expressway's advertising campaign to promote the new M6 Toll Road in the UK. Banner...

British Christmas Internet usage up 50% on 2002 figures.(according to London Internet Exchange )(Brief Article)
December 30, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The London Internet Exchange (LINX), which manages over 90% of the UK's Internet traffic, has announced that British Internet usage peaked at 22 Gbit/second on Christmas Day compared...

Study claims British workers waste an hour a day on junk e-mails.(according to University of Nottingham)(Brief Article)
December 30, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD New research from the University of Nottingham indicates that British workers spend up to an hour each day removing junk e-mails from their inboxes. The study also revealed that...

UK nursery sets up webcam service for parents.(Brief Article)
December 30, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Sefton Cottage day nursery in Merseyside, UK has installed a webcam in the corner of the nursery playroom so that parents can keep an eye on their children throughout the day. ...

New e-mail virus circulates in Malaysia.(Brief Article)
December 30, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new computer virus has been circulating in Malaysia in an e-mail which claims to offer information about possible future acts of terrorism. The e-mail arrives with the subject...

Cyber blackmailers target office workers.(Brief Article)
December 30, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Organised gangs of cyber blackmailers are reportedly targeting office workers with threats to delete computer files or upload pornographic images onto their company computers unless...

Kazaa was most searched for term on Yahoo in 2003.(Brief Article)
December 31, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD File-swapping application Kazaa was the most searched for term on Yahoo's search site in 2003. Kazaa beat Harry Potter and Britney Spears to the top spot in Yahoo's top 10,...

Australian Airlines and Qantas warn of unofficial websites.(Brief Article)
December 31, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Qantas Airways and Australian Airlines have warned consumers against using two websites - domesticflights.org and jetflights.net - to purchase international or domestic air travel...

hellomagazine.com launches new horoscope section.(Brief Article)
December 31, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Hello! magazine's website http://www.hellomagazine.com has launched a new horoscope section featuring content from astrologer Jonathan Cainer. The section will provide daily...

Bank of England investigates hoax e-mail.(Brief Article)
December 31, 2003... INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Bank of England has launched an investigation into a hoax e-mail that requested businesses and members of the public to download a software file which it was claimed would...