UK keeps online child abuse content off its wires

Less than 0.2 per cent of the world's potentially illegal content was hosted in Britain over the past year. The United States and Russia host the bulk of the world's child abuse Web sites, according to a British-based Internet monitoring group which identifies the UK as one of the countries with the best enforcement records. ...more

Borland spinning Web Services for Linux

Borland is looking to provide Web Services to the Linux operating system. Following in the wake of Kylix, which Borland claims to be the first Rapid Application Development (RAD) environment for Linux - the Web Services will build on the Apache Web Server to help put systems up on the Web. "Extending business processes and systems to the Internet is a high-priority for corporate enterprises," asserts Simon Thornhill, VP of Borland's RAD business unit. ...more

Highest court lets it lie for AOL

The US Supreme Court has refused to revive a lawsuit against America Online brought by subscribers. AOL was accused of imposing unjust charges and failing to protect customer privacy. According to a report in USA Today, the court turned down, without comment, the subscribers' argument that AOL should be considered a ''common carrier'' that can be regulated by the Federal Communications Commission. ...more

Online advertising provides boost for Yahoo!

Yahoo!, long since seen as a bellwether stock for the Internet sector, has reported stunning results for its financial fourth quarter, far in advance of analysts predictions. Revenues increased by a whopping 62 per cent largely due to huge jumps from non-US sales. Revenues for the quarter were over $1 billion, a 62 per cent increase over the same period last year. ...more

UPDATED: BT to offer Voice over IP phone calls for cable subscribers

BT has launched a service that will allow NTL and Telewest cable subscribers to make phone calls over the Internet using their existing cable line. The service will employ VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) technology, which means that rather than calls being carried over a phone line, they will instead use cable subscribers' existing broadband connection. It is the first time that a major player in the UK telecommunications market has adopted VoIP to provide domestic phone services. ...more