HP updates its Pavilion range

There are six new additions to the HP Pavilion zt1000 notebook range. With HP promising 'no-compromise mobile computing' the new machines are targeted at small business and home users, with the higher end offerings including the new mobile Intel Pentium 4 processors. Processors inside the new Pavilions range from the Mobile Intel Celeron 1. ...more

BT wins ?530mn NHS broadband supply contract

BT is to hook up all 18,000 NHS sites to broadband, for sending X-Rays, test results and NHS voice calls. The company has been awarded the contract to build the New National Network, or N3, worth ?530mn over seven years. It makes the NHS the first major user in the public sector to take advantage of the Government's bulk-buying broadband initiatives. ...more

Microsoft signs up first European protocol licensee

Microsoft has announced that Quest will be the first company to license server protocols under the terms of the European Commission' March 2004 antitrust ruling. Quest, which makes tools for database, applications and Windows management, will have access to the communications protocols that are implemented in Windows Server Operating Systems and used by a Windows Work Group Server to deliver group and user administration services. The EU ruling required Microsoft license these protocols on 'reasonable and non-discriminatory terms'. ...more

BT and BSkyB grab Premiership rights

BT has announced it has won rights to show Premiership matches throughout the 2007-8, 2008-9 and 2009-10 seasons. In a joint bid with BSkyB, the companies will have access to 242 matches each season with the rights to broadcast them on 'near-live'. Matches will be available on-demand from 10pm on the day of a given match and for another 50 hours on a pay per view basis. ...more

02-02-2001 Essential news of the week

Brought neatly together and presented on a plate, here is a roundup of some of the week's main news stories from the world of IT. Tesco makes British biggest online shoppers Microsoft shuts Windows 95 An envoy to the land of e Gameboy Advance fever grips Japan Another attempt to crack the glass books Free Internet phone calls Intel follows in Crusoe's footsteps Dreamcast goes back in the box The price of high-bandwidth services Don't forget, we welcome your comments. Just click on a story and go for the 'Comments' link on the right-hand side of the screen. ...more