Sex.com case finally settled

The five-year court case over the ownership of the sex.com domain name has finally been settled. A federal judge awarded entrepreneur Gary Kremen $65m after he found plaintiff Stephen Cohen liable for fraud and forgery. ...more

BBC, Apple lead Web award nominations

It's time to vote! The nominations for the eighth annual Webby awards have been drawn up and people can now have their say. Dubbed the 'online Oscars', the Webby's cover 30 categories, including News, Humour, Community, Film, Music, News, Personal Web Sites, Science and Spirituality. Although the official Webby panel decides the awards, there is also a 'People's Choice' for each category. ...more

BT begins BlackBerry Internet Service

BT has launched a service for small businesses that lets them send and receive email from a BlackBerry handheld without having to install special server software or IT infrastructure. BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) can collate mail from up to 10 existing accounts, or the user can set up an account specifically for the handheld, and it then pushes through new email or diary dates to the device as well as synchronising it with the office PC. BlackBerry 8700 users can add satellite-navigation via a small attachment. ...more

Microsoft jumps on the Ajax bandwagon

Microsoft has released a developers' tool that allows website designers to create user interfaces and applications in the increasingly popular Ajax. The free download is an extension for the company's ASP.Net 2. ...more

EMI starts European-wide music download service

In this post-Napster era, EMI is bidding to generate sales from music downloads. More than 140,000 tracks from 3,000 performers will feature in a new programme for selling music online. EMI describes it as the biggest ever European music download initiative to be carried out by a record company. ...more