Lycos toppled by spammers' revenge

The controversial web site has gone down. The suspicion is that it has succumbed to a counter attack from the spammers it was targeting. The site was the brainchild of Lycos Europe with the aim of punishing the web sites operated by known spamming companies. ...more

Do a degree and get a PDA for free

Students today, eh? Now they have their own Palm handhelds given to them when they start college. At least they will do at the University of South Dakota.. ...more

Exclusive interview: Windows .Net Server

Windows .Net Server is on the horizon - Microsoft's next-generation server software. When Microsoft released details of Release Candidate 2 (RC2), we caught up with Mark Tennant, Windows Server Product Manager. ...more

Nex II for you

Here's a dinky little MP3 player that will turn heads and make you the envy of all your music-stealing chums. The Nex II from Frontier Labs is a tiny little device measuring 90 x 60 x 20mm and weighing 65g, but the thing that separates this from all the other players on the market is that it is infinitely expandable. The Nex II is compatible with CompactFlash memory cards, IBM's 1Gb microdrives and Iomega's PocketZip drives. ...more

UPDATED: Apple unveils the iPod mini

Apple has unveiled the business card sized - albeit 13mm thick - iPod mini, capable of storing around 1,000 songs on its 4GB hard drive. Available in five colours - silver, gold, pink, blue or green - it features enhanced, 'Click Wheel' navigation technology, has an eight-hour rechargeable battery and weighs a mere 102 grams. iPod mini will not be available on these shores until April at the earliest. ...more