Microland goes into liquidation

It has been officially announced that the Stockport-based PC builder Microland Technology PLC is going into liquidation. 'We have been instructed to call meetings to place the company into Creditors Voluntary Liquidation and these are to be held on Monday 31 January 2005,' said Ian Millington, a partner in the Bolton-based Unity Corporate Recovery & Insolvency After these meetings the company's assets will be sold (those interested should visit www.ubsg. ...more

Symantec launches Norton 360 security suite

Symantec has launched its eagerly awaited Norton 360 security suite in the US today. A UK launch isn't due until March, and will cost ?59.99 inc VAT. ...more

AllofMP3 media frenzy sparks traffic surge

Amid mounting legal attacks, it seems the controversial Russian music downloads site AllofMP3.com is enjoying its time in the spotlight, benefiting from a boom in traffic. Both total pageviews and unique user levels have skyrocketed this month, reports Digital Music News, citing the traffic tracker Alexa. ...more

There's life in the old CRT yet...

NEC-Mitsubshi is launching a 22in CRT monitor for graphics professionals. The Mitsubishi Diamond Pro2060u offers a resolution of 1600x1200 at 85Hz, but can handle as much as 1920x1440 at 80Hz on its Diamontron NF tube. It supports sRGB and has a grille pitch of 0. ...more

AOL to make email free

AOL has announced plans to offset the decline in its subscription services by becoming the latest of the major Internet players to offer a free email service, AOL Mail. Almost a decade after Yahoo! and Hotmail did the same, and more than a year after Google's Gmail revolutionised webmail, AOL will attempt to attract a fair proportion of the 20 million active users of its AIM instant messaging service. AOL will closely follow the Gmail model by providing 2GB of online storage, paid for by running ads alongside messages. ...more