4  New Domainz board "reluctantly" supports CEO's lawsuit
The new Domainz board has clipped the wings of Domainz CEO Patrick O'Brien, but has decided to continue financial support of his defamation action against Alan Brown...
IDG NZ

4  Solnet expands in bid to catch e-commerce wave
Sun Microsystems New Zealand distributor Solnet will expand staffing by about a third in anticipation of rising demand for its e-commerce services...
IDG NZ

4  Home-seeking Kiwis ask E-Loan for over $23 million.
Internet based lender E-Loan has received applications for around 150 homes worth over $23 million...
Stuff

Other

4  Global credit hijack scam
COMPUTER resellers have been stung by international crooks ordering goods online in the name of legitimate companies and then hijacking them by giving false delivery details...
Australian IT

4  Multimedia 'Napster' Awaits Fate
Despite Judge Patel's dismantling of Napster's defense -- which Scour is expected to adopt -- the 'other' file trading application might just win when it goes to court...
Wired

4  EBay Fights Spiders on the Web
EBay wins an injunction against Bidder's Edge forbidding the auction aggregator from crawling eBay's site. Could this mean the end of Web searching as we know it?...
Wired

4  USPS mulling email option for residents
The U.S. Postal Service is considering offering all U.S. residents a service that would route their physical mail to an email account...
CNet

4  Revenue from game consoles will plunge, report predicts
Sales of video game consoles will increase substantially over the next few years, but revenue for manufacturers will actually decrease because of the subsidies used to entice customers, according to a new report....
CNet

4  Tighten belts: the pain has just begun
The pain for Australia's new breed of consumer-focused internet stocks is likely to worsen as thir limited cash reserves allow them little scope to capture new customers and retain existing ones...
AFR

4  Health ID privacy fears
PROPOSALS for an Australia Card-like ID number linked to electronically stored personal medical records have sparked fears among consumer and privacy groups...
Australian IT

4  Privacy powers "flawed"
AUSTRALIA's privacy regime lacked the power to tackle the widespread and deliberate abuse of personal information on the internet, an industry expert has warned...
Australian IT

4  AOL Australia offers flat-rate Net access
With AAPT on board, the ISP has announced its first flat-rate pricing plan...
NewsWire

Other

4  Intel Releases Faster Pentium III
Intel made good on its promise to up the ante in the gigahertz race Monday, unveiling a 1.13-GHz Pentium III. But it's sticking to past practice in releasing the chip in only "limited quantities."...
TechWeb

4  Publisher Random House Tests Digital Waters
Random House Inc., the biggest English-language book publisher, said on Monday it launched a unit for electronic books, joining other publishers exploring the new digital medium...
Yahoo

4  Avon Pursuing Online Sales Strategy
The Avon lady is still calling, but she's not going door to door. She's e-mailing....
AP

4  Motorola sues over eBay auctions
The communications giant wants to put a stop to auctions of software used to program two-way radios...
ZDNet