Stories by Agam Shah

New WordPerfect suite to debut by midyear

Corel has announced that WordPerfect Office 2002, its new suite of office applications, will be ready for release by the middle of this calendar year.

Napster's Home-User Base Increases 500%

Napster, the controversial Web site for swapping music files, has another "record" to its credit: its file-sharing software is the fastest-growing software application ever among US home users, according to a study released by Jupiter Media Metrix on...

Your Palm is ringing

Palm and RealVision Technology have announced a telephony attachment device for the Palm V handheld device, enabling the PDA (personal digital assistant) to function like a mobile phone. The device, as yet unnamed, will snap on to the PDA and will in...

McAfee develops cookie-cleaning software

Ever wondered why certain Web sites recognise your identity as soon you visit them? It's thanks to a 'cookie', a small file containing personal information inserted on your machine by a Web site. Some cookies have the potential to be pretty dangerous...

Site unveils Hindi music downloads

The Indian music industry is set to be hit by the Internet revolution with this week's launch of a pay-per-download music service by Venus Tapes & Records.

Gateway offers DSL service in US

Gateway has hitched a ride on the DSL bandwagon, launching on Wednesday its Symmetric DSL and Asymmetric DSL services for small and medium-sized businesses. The services will speed a customer's internet experience by offering data throughput at up to...

Microsoft opens new Mac Office

Microsoft is paying attention to what Macintosh users want. The company's upcoming Office 2001 Macintosh Edition will offer many features that Windows users may never get their hands on.