Office of Fair Trading steps in to prevent mis-selling of domain-names

A Swansea-based businessman has promised to stop mis-selling domain names after action from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). Adam Ripley had been approaching businesses telling them that someone was interested in registering a domain name similar to their business name. He would tell the businesses that he could register the domain for them, but this would have to be done in minutes. ...more

I dedicate this award to everyone at Palm

Palm's 'Powered Up' awards program will recognise the innovation of new Palm OS applications and "honour" their creators. A sort of Oscars for the Palm developer community. The idea is that every three months, a panel of judges will select winners from four categories (enterprise, productivity, leisure and entertainment) together with an overall winner. ...more

Gossip on the Web

UK broadband users can now enjoy cheap phone calls over the Internet with a new service launched called Gossiptel. The service works for both cable and ADSL users and can be accessed simply by plugging a headse into your PC, or your standard headset into an adaptor. Gossiptel connects to other Internet telephony users that use the SIP (Session Internet Protocol) for free and to standard 'fixed line' PSTN phones at rates starting from 2. ...more

Mac-to-PocketPC syncing software to launch

PocketMac, the first software to enable Macs to sync with PocketPC-based handhelds such as the Compaq iPaq, will make its public debut tomorrow at the PocketPC 2002 launch in San Francisco. PocketPC 2002 is the new version of Microsoft's OS for handhelds and is the rival to the Palm OS used on handhelds from the likes of Palm themselves and Handspring. PocketMac will sync handhelds with Entourage, part of the Microsoft Office suite of software, though the developers are working with other PIM (personal information management) software developers, and will be compatible with existing PocketPC devices as well as those which will be running 2002. ...more

HP iPod deal to kill Napster?

The recent deal between Apple and Hewlett-Packard may have killed off one of the major rivals to the iTunes Music Store, according to a MercuryNews.com report. The report says that HP was due to go into partnership with Roxio's relaunched Napster service, but at the last moment sent back Napster's $250,000 cheque. ...more