HP claims narrow victory

HP management claim to have won the day over the Compaq merger in a preliminary tally by the independent inspectors. HP claims a victory of some 45 million shares, or about 2.8 per cent, and says the outstanding votes yet to be tallied are an insignificant number. ...more

Google's approach to click fraud declared 'reasonable'

Google's approach to click fraud has been declared 'reasonable' by an independent expert. Dr. Alexander Tuzhilin, Professor of Information Systems at NYU, was asked to make a detailed examination of Google's detection methods and procedures and he declared the approaches to the problem made by Google's Click Quality team were 'reasonable'. ...more

Intel pushes the Celeron to 1.3Ghz

Intel's new 1.3Ghz Celeron follows the 1.2 edition with its Tualatin core and 256Kb of cache. ...more

Class-actions against Microsoft are dismissed

US District Judge J. Frederick Motz has refused to give class-action to more than 60 suits brought by consumers against Microsoft for over-pricing its products. Motz argued in an opinion set out yesterday that a class-action would not adequately represent all the plaintiffs, although he did allow a small group of consumers that had brought just the operating system from Microsoft's online shop to pursue their case. ...more

Six arrested in Webmaster murder plot

Running a Web site is not always a bed of roses - one Webmaster recently found his life in serious danger... ...more