BT offers restaurants a taste of e-commerce

Finding somewhere decent to eat at short notice might be a bit easier in future. Restaurants with empty tables can now advertise them in real time via Lastminute.com or through special kiosks built in city centres. ...more

Microsoft demos its new Pocket PC platform

The Microsoft take on PDA design has been revised, XP style, with Pocket PC 2002. With an official product launch date of 4 October, Microsoft is demo-ing Pocket PC 2002 at DEMOmobile 2001 in San Diego. As well as a new style of interface (pictured) there are three main thrusts to the development. ...more

Apple multi-clicks the Mighty Mouse

Apple has finally bowed to popular demand and introduced its first ever multi-button mouse, the Mighty Mouse. The mouse has four independently programmable buttons, plus an 'ingenious' Scroll Ball that lets users scroll in any direction - vertically, horizontally and even diagonally. The right- and left-click buttons are touch-sensitive areas to the front of the mouse, while the force-sensing side buttons let you switch between applications. ...more

Microsoft fills holes in big April security fix

Microsoft has released five patches covering multiple security vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer in addition to flaws in Windows Explorer, Outlook Express, FrontPage Server Extensions and Data Access Components. The patches includes a cumulative fix IE which addresses the high profile 'CreateTextRange' flaw. This particular fix will be welcome to many businesses worried about tales of exploits circulating ever since the bug was publicly disclosed in March. ...more

56 new broadband exchanges announced

BT Wholesale has announced another batch of broadband ready-for-service dates, with 56 exchanges scheduled to be ADSL-enabled in the spring. ...more