Google finds a profit

You can't make money out of the Internet these days, can you? Well, makers of the search engine Google have managed it. The exact degree of profitability is not being disclosed, but the new CEO Eric Schmidt has revealed that the company has had a profit on operations for the last two quarters. News of Google's profitability emerged following the official unveiling of Schmidt yesterday. ...more

Next Mozilla incarnation speeds browsing

The Mozilla organisation has announced the availability of version 0.1 of its Phoenix browser, which is claimed to start up in half the time of the current Mozilla 1.1 browser and Netscape. ...more

Mobile operators hit by handset faults

One in seven of the 18 million mobiles sold in the UK last year developed a fault, according to a Which? survey. The consumer watchdog reports that 3 is the worst offender; of its 50 surveyed customers, a third said that they had had a problem with their handsets in the first 12 months. The UK's four other network operators were little better, with an average 15 per cent fault rate. ...more

UPDATED: Dell goes CE with TVs

Dell is to push further into the consumer space, selling Dell-branded LCD TVs and an iPod-style digital music player (supported with an online music service), as well as projectors and PDAs. Michael Dell, chairman and chief executive officer, said: 'By introducing high-performing consumer electronics products that closely integrate with the computer, we are delivering what is most important to consumers - content and experience - at a better value than they're currently getting.' However, the omission of style and design from Mr Dell's idea of what the consumer holds dear might find Dell with a tough challenge to crack the market. ...more

Sun to preview easy-to-use Java

At its SunNetwork 2003 Conference in Berlin, Sun has announced a technology preview release of Sun Java Studio Creator. Formerly code-named Project Rave, this is claimed to be an easy-to-use environment for Java development. With the drag-and-drop creation of user interfaces, the use of components, and simplified access to databases, Java Studio Creator is intended to speed the creation of corporate apps - think of a Java equivalent of VBA. ...more