Newspapers count cost of online readership

Newspaper websites need to recruit as many as 100 online readers to compensate for the loss of just one reader of their print version, according to a US media strategist. Vincent Crosbie, a senior associate at Borrell Associates, told the World Newspaper Advertising Conference & Expo that the discrepancy is down to the relative amounts of advertising revenue that online and traditional readers attract. 'As more and more people shift their news reading from print to online, the newspaper industry must dramatically increase its online advertising revenues or die,' he said, noting that some US newspapers may already have lost the battle. ...more

Web entrepreneur commits perfect cybercrime

A Seattle-based web entrepreneur has achieved the perfect political cybercrime, without breaking any laws. Newsvine.com chief executive and co-founder Mike Davidson's perfect hack was the result of what you might call a social engineering tactic in that it involved the use of one of his free templates. ...more

09-02-2002 Essential news of the week

Brought neatly together and presented on a plate, here is a roundup of some of the week's main news stories from the world of IT. Cheaper broadband on the way, says BT From Java to C#, the Microsoft way Date set for HP and Compaq votes Forces shifting on the Broadband front HP bullish on consumer technology spending New BT, same old job cuts Apple founder backs 'revolutionary' PDA Underworld attacks Morpheus Call for health warning on vibrating game controllers The swift sword of cyber justice Don't forget, we welcome your comments. Just click on a story and go for the 'Comments' link on the right-hand side of the screen. ...more

3dfx cuts prices for Christmas

If you fancy nabbing yourself a fancy 3D graphics card, now seems to be the right time. 3dfx has slashed the prices across the range of its graphics cards. The Voodoo 5500 has had its price cut by ?50 from ?249 to ?199, while the Apple Mac version of the card is cut to ?229. ...more

Microsoft signs up publishers to expand Live Search Books

Microsoft has announced a major expansion of its Live Search Books feature. Dozens of major publishers have agreed to allow Microsoft to make their titles available, the company said today. It hopes that the new content will enable it to grab some of the book search market that Google pioneered when it unveiled its Print service, since renamed to Google Book Search, in 2004. ...more