Editorial
A Heads-up -- The Aardvark Awards
No editorial today but just a reminder that it's once again time for the
Aardvark Industry awards -- where you get to choose the best and worst
of the Internet.
Just in case you've forgotten the categories, or who won what last year,
check out the
1998 Awards.
Start thinking about who you're going to nominate and vote for -- the form
will towards the middle of next week.
General News & Current Events:
TODAY'S KEY NET-NEWS HEADLINES
Ihug offers $99 digital TV Xmas present
Ihug has fired its first real shot in the digital TV
market with a $99 set-up offer to existing
subscribers. Senior executives from the Korean
company providing Ihug's technology visit next week
to see the system in action...
@IDG
Cable charges stir up Big Pond users
TELSTRA'S flagship cable Internet
service, Big Pond Advance, is in
disarray tonight following plans by the
carrier to effectively shut down its
users' sites...
Fairfax
Channel Nine hit by Melissa virus variant
Channel Nine has become one of the first Australian companies to be
hit by the latest version of the Melissa virus...
Fairfax
Kiwis Brace for Political Change
New Zealand has elected a dramatically
new government, including a transgender
member of Parliament. How will the new
Labour government affect the Internet
industry?...
Wired
Amazon denies misleading discount claims
Amazon.co.uk has been misleading customers about the size of the discount it offers
on some its books...
The Register
Amazon wins first round in Barnesandnoble.com suit
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction
barring online bookseller Barnesandnoble.com from using
technology that rival Amazon.com claims is patented...
CNet
AOL to bring Net phone calls to instant messaging
America Online today announced a deal with Net2Phone that will
allow users of its Instant Messenger technology to place and
receive phone calls between computers, phones and fax
machines...
CNet
eBay Tops Media Metrix List of Top E-Commerce Sites
Holiday shoppers opted to check off their gift lists online with a visit to Web
auctioneer eBay Inc. (EBAY.O), which topped Media Metrix's list of top 10 electronic
commerce sites for the week of November 28...
Yahoo/Reuters
Teenagers Desert The Internet, Study Finds
U.S. teenagers are deserting the
Web in droves, according to research by
London's Brunel University...
TechWeb
Domain name real estate soars higher than ever
This week, US Net entrepreneur Marc
Ostrofsky sold the domain name "business.com" for
a cool $7.5 million. People said he was mad when he
paid $150,000 for it three years ago...
@IDG
More Domainz News
27 August 99
