IE7 tops 100 million users

More than 100 million people are using IE7, the latest version of Microsoft's browser, demonstrating its popularity since it launched last year, states the software giant. The company unveiled the figures, compiled by web usage researcher WebSideStory, on its IE blog. It claims that more than a quarter of people visiting US websites last week did so using IE7. ...more

UK games chart: Rival football franchises fight it out

It's tight at the top of the league with EA Sports's FIFA 2005 and Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 4 swapping positions, according to this week's ELSPA UK games chart. Only Activision's Tony Hawk's Underground 2 remains steady, at number three. To complete the top five, Star Wars: Battlefront finds more force to climb back up to number four, followed by the next-generation Sims. ...more

Romanian eBay scammers jailed

Three Romanian fraudsters who made at least ?300,000 by listing bogus auctions on eBay were jailed today. The three scammers set up an electronic scam ring, involving crime bosses in Romania, and are thought to have duped 3,000 victims around the world, Reuters reports. Nicolae Cretanu, 30, was sentenced to three-and-a-half years imprisonment by Judge Duncan Matheson at Middlesex Guildhall Crown Court. ...more

Motorola phones to play Napster tunes

Napster's burgeoning mobile music business has received a major boost from Motorola. The companies have signed a deal for Napster to provide subscription downloads for the handset manufacturer. Beginning with the new ROKR Z6 (pictured) and Z6m, Motorola phones will be able to download and play tracks from Napster To Go's music catalogue of three million songs in return for a payment of $14. ...more

And also today (14-August-2001), for the record...

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. Pentium 4s at 2GHz As we had already previewed, Pentium 4s clocking 2GHz are on their way. The new processors will be officially unveiled at a press conference on Monday 27 August. ...more