4  Olympic fan mail web site launched
New Zealand Olympic rowers Scott Brownlee and Dave Schaper teamed up with IBM today to launch FanMail, an interactive Olympic Web site for sports fans...
Stuff

4  INL breathes life into spectrum sale
The Government's radio spectrum auction is flickering into life with a bid from Rupert Murdoch-backed media company Independent Newspapers Ltd...
NZ Herald

4  Website lie costs rug-making pair $1800
Two Auckland rug makers have been fined $1800 after they admitted misleading 11 companies while trying to sell them website addresses and e-mail names...
NZ Herald

Other

4  FBI Sued for Carnivore Info
The Electronic Privacy Information Center files suit, trying to pry information out of the FBI about its email surveillance system...
Wired

4  Is .biz the .com of the Future?
ICANN has voted to add new generic top-level domains and trademark owners are scrambling to get a first shot at registration. But should they get cuts in line for generic words?...
Wired

4  Study says [USA's] free Net services aren't worth it
Free Internet service providers have been hit with failures and criticized in a recent industry report, renewing questions about the viability of such services....
CNet

4  Apple sues over alleged leak of trade secrets
Apple today filed suit against an "unknown individual" for allegedly leaking its trade secrets on the Internet...
CNet

4  Amazon pricing glitch
As if Amazon.com hasn't had enough problems with its recent stock slide and Wall Street analysts cutting their ratings, the Internet retailer said Wednesday that a computer glitch has led to incorrect prices for some toys on its Web site...
CNNfn

4  Call to give all access to internet
Internet entrepreneur Evan Thornley has called for bipartisan political support for the introduction in Australia of universal access to the internet...
AFR

4  Net boss in fraud inquiry
THE battered reputation of Australia's internet entrepreneurs has suffered another blow, with NSW police confirming that former Eisa chief executive Damien Brady is the subject of a fraud investigation...
Australian IT

4  Rural Australia missing out on Internet
Slow data speeds, exorbitant Internet charges, poor mobile coverage -- complaints about regional telecommunications are mounting...
NewsWire

4  LookSmart defends its ethics
Chief executive officer Evan Thornley has defended LookSmart's pay-to-list Internet search directory...
NewsWire

Other

4  Report: Security Fears Hamper British E-Commerce
Britain's potential for becoming the hub of e-commerce in Europe is being seriously hampered by the fear of security breaches, a new report said Wednesday...
Yahoo

4  AltaVista Unveils New Features
Internet search engine operator AltaVista Co. is still trying to find its identity, but CEO Rod Schrock believes the firm's long quest for profits is nearly over...
Yahoo/AP

4  King Breaking Even With Web Venture
Stephen King can take heart: There have been few freeloaders among the downloaders of his latest work...
Yahoo/AP

4  MS moving Hotmail to Win2000
It's called eating your own dog food. Microsoft is finally moving Hotmail off of open-source Unix and on to Windows 2000...
ZDNet