4th October 2003 Archive

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Telecoms Ombudsman handles ‘lots and lots’ of complaints

Can you put a fugure on that?

The Oftel-backed Telecoms Ombudsman has received a rubber stamp from the regulator to go-ahead and resolve industry disputes. The "seal of approval" - a necessity under the recently introduced Communications Act apparently - means that the Ombudsman has "met a rigorous set of criteria set out by Oftel to provide a free, …

Data Networking 4 Oct 2003, 03:20
ICANN demand sees VeriSign pull SiteFinder

Once more unto the breach

VeriSign has pulled its controversial SiteFinder application after ICANN demanded in a formal statement and letter that the company shut it down by Saturday or face the consequences. In an official statement and a letter to VeriSign’s general manager Russell Lewis on Friday, the overseeing organisation accused VeriSign of …

Music and Media 4 Oct 2003, 03:27
Why Handspring came home to Palm

Family reunion at Treo 600 launch

Handspring's roadshow to promote the Treo 600 swung into town this week, and it was an event full of resonances for anyone in the Palm community. It marked Handspring's farewell as an independent company, and its first product launch for the company its founders created, Palm. Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky created Palm and …

Personal 4 Oct 2003, 05:56
‘Blogosphere’ to reach 10 million, almost all dead – report

Teenage kicks

The "blogosphere" will number ten million souls by the end of 2004, but almost all of them will be dead. That's the conclusion from one of the first comprehensive studies of weblogging conducted by research company Perseus, which has analyzed over three thousand weblogs. Perseus finds that the fad is most popular amongst …

Music and Media 4 Oct 2003, 11:44