And also today (13-Feb-2001), for the record...

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. Worming its way Beware Anna Kournikova, in email-virus form (if you are using Microsoft Outlook on Windows). The latest email worm comes with the message "Hi: Check This!" and the attachment "AnnaKournikova. ...more

Russia cracks down on music site

Russian authorities have recommended that a website offering DRM-free music downloads, should face copyright infringement charges Allofmp3.com has around 300,000 songs for sale, some of which is not available through any of the 'authorised' Web stores. This includes songs by The Beatles, who have never given approval for their work to be available online. ...more

IBM fires e-commerce lawsuits at Amazon

IBM is taking Amazon to court. Big Blue has filed two patent infringement lawsuits against Amazon, relating to the technology used by its online sales service. The suits accuse Amazon of willfully violating technology patents covering such functionality as allowing users to order items from an electronic catalogue and displaying advertising in an interactive service. ...more

'Tremendous' response to iPod shuffle, Apple says

Apple is buoyant about its sales for the Christmas shopping season, following the first shipments of the new, tiny iPod shuffle and yesterday's unveiling of Core2Duo MacBooks. Philip Schiller, Apple's head of worldwide product marketing, said that the matchbook-sized shuffle is proving highly popular. 'Response to it has been tremendous,' he said. ...more

Intel trumpets move towards 65 nanometer process

Chip giant Intel has announced that it has succeeded in building a 70Mbit static memory chip based around 65m technology. The company says that at 35nm, the gates which turn the transistors on and off are 30 per cent smaller than the previous 90nm generation of chips. Intel has already demonstrated the feasibility of 65nm process SRAMs in November of last year. ...more