Google lets IE use names in address bar

Google has upgraded its popular IE toolbar to include a new 'Browse By Name' feature. Instead of having to type a full URL into IE's address bar, the Toolbar will resolve the address. Thus Toolbar users can type London Eye into the address bar instead of www. ...more

Home Page shuts down

FileMaker is to discontinue its Home Page Web authoring software on 1 February 2001. Take-up of the software has been small and FileMaker has decided that the large investment required to bring Home Page up-to-date was not commensurate with its limited distribution. FileMaker now intends to concentrate its Web activities around publishing databases on the Internet, allowing users to export content that can easily be incorporated by the leading Web authoring applications. ...more

AMD tops out low-power mobile 64-bit chip range

AMD has upped the ante for its low-power Mobile AMD Athlon 64 processor range, aimed at the small and thin ultra-portable notebook market. The new 3000+ model clocks 2.0 GHz and comes with 512KB of level 2 cache. ...more

Melissa virus attacks Mac Office 2001

The Microsoft Word macro virus Melissa has been reported as having a new Mac-based lease of life, originating in the UK. The virus appears in an email message reading: "Subject: Important Message From (person's name). 'Here is the document you asked for . ...more

UPDATED: Original iMac disappears from Apple store

The original iMac has disappeared from the Apple Store. The iMac revolutionised the idea of what a computer could be when it was introduced in 1998 and is credited with rescuing the fortunes of Apple. It survived the advent of the new LCD iMac and the eMac, until now. ...more