The top Christmas gadgets as selected by vnunet.com's sister publication What PC?.
Books for Dummies a runaway success
Network Advertising Initiative to develop industry standards
1,200 jobs under threat as PC maker tightens the reins
ISP blames BT and Oftel
Bell Labs invents 'microcontact printing'
Big three to launch online subscription-based service
Cost-cutting move will affect 240 jobs
Troubled speech recognition firm takes the Chapter 11 route
Bertelsmann, parent of music company BMG, has announced that it is dropping its part in the piracy lawsuit currently being waged by the record industry against MP3 music firm Napster.
As the long-running saga of BT's problematic asymmetric digital subscriber line rollout continues, the frustrating wait for its Openworld internet service has become too much for some customers.
UK residents who watch TV programmes streamed over the internet will have to pay a licence fee for the privilege, while people living abroad can do it for free.
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