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Intel steps up mobile speed

In an attempt to address ongoing consumer concerns over the speed, weight and battery life of notebook computers, Intel has released a mobile Pentium III processor with its SpeedStep technology.

ACCC considers Telstra/OzEmail monopoly threat

The ACCC will not rush its decision on Telstra's OzEmail acquisition.

eHow: help is on the Web

Maybe your car needs a tune-up. Or maybe your tabby cat has kittens on the way. Need advice on what to do? Help on these -- and almost any other topic -- is on the Web from online advice giver eHow.

To Be free or not to Be free

The next version of the Be operating system will be offered free of charge to noncommercial users as the company shifts to focus on the Internet appliance market.

Microsoft reports healthy Q2 revenue

Microsoft yesterday announced strong second-quarter results for fiscal 2000, reporting revenue of $US6.1 billion for the quarter ending on December 31

Telstra, Fairfax deal "confusing": Budde

If Telstra sells its White Pages and Yellow Pages directories to Fairfax, the deal will throw the telco's future into further confusion, says consultant Paul Budde.

NuoMedia offers true Web-based apps

Okay, your applications will eventually move to the Web. But they'll look and feel just like the applications on your desktop. Won't they? Not if NuoMedia can help it.

Thriving Yahoo steals AOL's spotlight

Yahoo reports record results.

$12b reportedly spent to ward off viruses in 1999

Virus attacks on information systems around the world led to $US12.1 billion in spending last year, according to researcher Computer Economics.

Windows 2000 virus: Stunt or preview?

The discovery last week of the first computer virus that works specifically with Windows 2000 initially brought questions about the soon-to-be-unveiled operating system's security.

It seems as if almost everyone in the home appliances parade is marching to the tune of machines with smarts. Maytag, General Electric, and Sunbeam all made announcements last week, cooking up visions of Web-enabled refrigerators and remotely monitor...

So what is Bill Gates' next job anyway?

Just what does a chief software architect do, anyway?

$200 GST handout 'woefully inadequate'

Small businesses will spend up to $5000 dollars in preparing their systems for the GST, but the Federal Government says a $200 handout will be enough.

UPDATE: Gates steps down as Microsoft CEO

Bill Gates' resignation from the top job at Microsoft could be the latest masterstroke from the software genius, according to IDC's general manager of research, Graham Penn.