Canada relaxes domain registry

From next Monday, Canada hands over the control of its domain registry to the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), opening up access to the ".ca" domain. In the past, it had been extremely difficult for Canadian businesses to register their sites with a . ...more

Mobile phones to topple PCs?

The CEO of leading mobile phone manufacturer, Nokia, claims that by the year 2002 mobile phones with Internet capabilities will outnumber PCs. The comments were made at Nokia's annual global analysts meeting where Nokia Chairman and CEO, Jorma Ollila, revealed revised performance forecasts. The company now projects that revenue during the first half of 2001 will rise 25-35 per cent. ...more

Jukebox goes multimedia

Archos has released a new portable Jukebox, capable not only of playing MP3s but also of viewing pictures, capturing and viewing video or storing up to 20Gb of data. The basic Jukebox Multimedia unit comprises a 1.5 inch colour LCD display, a 20Gb hard drive, MP3 player and photo and video viewing software. ...more

Mobile web domains get first date

The Mobile Top Level Domain (mTLD) has announced that the .mobi Internet address will go live on 22 May. The domain is designed to identify websites that have content targeted at mobile devices. ...more

Netscape 7 due today

AOL is poised to release Netscape 7, the latest version of its Web browser, undoubtedly hoping that the release will help to revive the software's flagging fortunes. The latest StatMarket survey of Web browser usage found that just 3.4 per cent of Internet users choose Netscape, down from 13 per cent a year ago and from 32 per cent in 1999. ...more