99 cent Napster 2 is US only

The relaunched Napster will only be available in the US, though no-one will be particularly surprised by that. However, the fact that arguably the best-known online music brand has been unable to secure international rights to the music is sells suggests that the exporting of similar US-only services, such as Apple's iTunes Music Store (iTMS), is still some way off. Napster 2. ...more

VisorPhone comes to Europe

Handspring is finally bringing the VisorPhone to Europe, the company has announced, and it should be in the shops by the summer. The VisorPhone is a module that fits into the Visor handheld's upgrade slot, turning it into a mobile phone. The US has had it since last year. ...more

Bulldog announces sub-?16 broadband

Bulldog has cut the price of its capped 512Kbit broadband service to ?15.99 per month until the end of April. PrimeTime 500 follows the pattern of Bulldog's other PrimeTime services in that full 512Kbit/sec downstream speeds are only available outside office hours (designated 8am to 6pm, when the speed is halved) and at weekends. ...more

Internet giant's buying spree goes on

Cisco Systems, with its seemingly unquenchable thirst for acquisitions, has bought Sheer Networks. Under the terms of the deal, Cisco will pay around $97 million in cash and share options. If things go well, the price may go up by another $25 million if development and product targets are reached. ...more

e-beeb squeezed

Forty jobs to go as beeb.com, the BBC's e-commerce portal, undergoes 'restructuring'. The closure is another reflection of dot-com woes - of the struggle to generate revenues from online services and advertising. ...more