eBay rumoured to make bid for Skype

eBay, the online auction service is rumoured to be in talks over a possible takeover of Skype, the free VoIP service. According to reports, the price tag on the service is said to be anywhere between three and five billion dollars. Since the service was launched in 2003, the Skype software has been downloaded over 162 million times and the company now has 53 million registered users. ...more

Dell overtakes Compaq in PC market

Dell Computer has ousted Compaq as the leading supplier worldwide of PCs. Compaq has led the field since the early 1990s, but Dells' recent aggressive pricing policies have succeeded in pushing its market share up from 9.9 per cent to 12. ...more

Philips doubles up with new portable players

Philips has unveiled a new 1,000-song micro audio jukebox with built-in FM radio. One of the gadgets to feature at this year's CeBit show in Hannover, the credit card-sized hdd070 (pictured, top) is 1.8cm thick and weighs 95g. ...more

McAfee cries foul over Vista APIs

Security firm McAfee has accused Microsoft of reneging on its promises to open up the Vista operating system to other vendors. McAfee says that Redmond has failed to keep agreements made with the European Union last week. The deal was struck as Microsoft tried to head off the possibility that it would not be able to launch Vista in Europe at the same time as the rest of the world. ...more

Navigator beta 6.1 previewed

Netscape Communications has released a beta of version 6.1 of its browser. The firm, now part of AOL Time Warner, hasn't released a major upgrade to Netscape Navigator since version 6 came out over a year ago. ...more