Broadband connections to the Net continue to increase

The Office of National Statistics has published its latest monthly report on UK Internet connectivity, covering the month of November 2002. The latest survey of Internet Service Providers reveals that 9.3 per cent of subscriptions to the Internet involve fast dedicated connections (broadband or fixed lines). ...more

Microsoft to pay $180 million in Iowa settlement

An Iowa court has granted preliminary approval to the terms of the settlement of the Comes v Microsoft antitrust lawsuit. Judge Scott Rosenberg has approved the February settlement, in which Microsoft agreed to pay up to $179.95 million to individuals and businesses that purchased it operating systems and applications between May 1994 and June 2006. ...more

Google defends inclusion of anti-semitic web site

Google has run into trouble with Jewish groups over an anti-semitic website appearing in its results. However, the search engine is refusing to remove the site from its listings. By typing 'jew' into Google the top ranked site that appears is 'Jew Watch', a site that claims to be 'Keeping a Close Watch on Jewish Communities & Organizations Worldwide'. ...more

And also today (3-July-2001), for the record...

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. Java smart cards Metrowerks has been signed up by Sun to provide developers with an integrated development environment (IDE) for Java Card technology (the Java Card spec enables Java to run on smart cards and other devices with limited memory). There'll be byte code and source-level debugging capabilities and a simulated runtime environment when the IDE is released later this year. ...more

Firefox javascript vulnerability discovered

A security vulnerability has been discovered in the javascript engine in several Mozilla browsers, including Firefox. The moderately critical flaw could be exploited to access potentially sensitive information and is caused by an error in the JavaScript engine, as a 'lambda' replace exposes arbitrary amounts of heap memory after the end of a JavaScript string. The vulnerability exists in all versions of Firefox, Mozilla and Camino. ...more