Editorial
Priority Override
Sorry folks, due to other priorities having call on my time today
I've had to shelve this morning's editorial.
Back tomorrow -- meantime, enjoy the headlines
As always, your comments are gladly received.
General News & Current Events:
TODAY'S KEY NET-NEWS HEADLINES
Report: FBI seeks German programmer
Federal investigators are reportedly seeking
an anonymous computer expert in Germany in
connection with this week's wave of attacks...
CNet
webMethods hits dizzy heights in US float
A former Melbourne software programmer hit the
jackpot on Friday with the debut of his internet
software company, ending the day with the
company worth $10.2bn...
AFR
Stiff penalties for hackers in Australia
Computer hackers could face years in
prison for sabotaging websites under tough new proposals
released yesterday by the Australian government...
Straits Times
Williamson: No digital, TVNZ dies
TVNZ will wither and die if it does not roll out a
sophisticated competitive digital service over the next
10 years, says former broadcasting and information
technology minister Maurice Williamson...
NZ Infotech Weekly
TVNZ drops satellite plans
As Ihug solidifies its plans to move into digital television,
TVNZ is moving further away from both interactive TV and the
Internet service provider space with the termination of its
ZakNet trial....
IDG
Telstra soars on Net rumours
SHARES in Telstra have soared in trade today after
speculation that it may float some of its Internet assets...
Australian IT
Crackers May Have Stolen Credit Card Details From RealNames Website
It's the kind of email that nobody really
wants to receive and it read in part:...
7am.com
MTV Internet Venture Seeks Initial Stock Sale
MTVi Group Inc., the online venture of Viacom Inc.'s pioneering music television empire MTV
Networks, filed to go public in an initial stock offering on Friday...
Yahoo/Reuters
Pitcairn Islanders reclaim their domain name bounty
The people of tiny Pitcairn Island have risen up and claimed
their Internet domain name...
IDG
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