McDonalds makes a meal of Nintendo Net access

Nintendo and McDonald's have struck a deal to offer gamers free Internet access in restaurants across the US. The service means that owners of the Nintendo DS console will be able to grab a burger while they play selected games against people around the world - without paying a fee, reports the BBC. McDonald's already offers wireless Internet access for laptops in 6,000 of its US restaurants at a charge, but Nintendo are the first to provide a complimentary connection for its customers at the fast-food chain. ...more

Seagate introduces DAVE to mobile market

DAVE has big plans. Seagate has the future all mapped out for its new baby, and what it amounts to is how the storage company attacks the mobile market. DAVE - or digital audio video experience - is the answer to that issue, according to Seagate's Director of Global Consumer Electronics Marketing, Rob Pait. ...more

And also today (1-May-2001), for the record...

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. "Whistler" becomes Windows 2002 Microsoft has announced that the server software formerly code-named "Whistler" will be launched under the "Windows 2002" title. The blue-shirted ones have decided, rather confusingly, to revert to the traditional date-based nomenclature. ...more

Presentation software to join Google's office apps

Google has confirmed that it will soon be adding a presentations application to its Docs & Spreadsheets collection of Web-based office software. In a posting on the Google blog, engineering director Sam Schillace said that the company has recently acquired Tonic Systems and its 'great technology for presentation creation and document conversion'. 'We've already freed those of you working in teams from the burdens of version control and email attachment overload when going back and forth on word processing and spreadsheets,' he wrote. ...more

Espotting to merge with FindWhat

Espotting, the UK's largest pay per click online advertising service has signed an agreement to merge with US based FindWhat. The deal, which gives the Espotting shareholders 30 per cent of the new company, values Espotting at $163mn. Founded in 2000, Espottingnow covers a range of markets across Europe, including the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Ireland and Switzerland and claims over 16,000 clients. ...more