Virtual PC gets Windows 2000

Virtual PC 4.0, software that allows Mac users to run Windows-only applications, is now available equipped with Windows 2000 emulation. The software, developed by Connectix, now provides a choice of three different Windows environments: 98, Me and 2000. ...more

Netscape 7 due today

AOL is poised to release Netscape 7, the latest version of its Web browser, undoubtedly hoping that the release will help to revive the software's flagging fortunes. The latest StatMarket survey of Web browser usage found that just 3.4 per cent of Internet users choose Netscape, down from 13 per cent a year ago and from 32 per cent in 1999. ...more

Your Palm on your wrist

A new wristwatch running the Palm OS has been unveiled. The Fossil Wrist PDA with Palm OS runs Palm OS 4.1 on a mono, 160x160 pixel display. ...more

UK keeps online child abuse content off its wires

Less than 0.2 per cent of the world's potentially illegal content was hosted in Britain over the past year. The United States and Russia host the bulk of the world's child abuse Web sites, according to a British-based Internet monitoring group which identifies the UK as one of the countries with the best enforcement records. ...more

Creative confirms 3Dlabs-based board for consumers by the end of the year

Creative Labs will use technology from 3Dlabs in a new graphics card aimed at the consumer market. 3Dlabs, recently acquired by Creative Labs, announced a new visual processing architecture earlier this month along with its first chip based on the technology codenamed the P10. While 3Dlabs will ship professional graphics cards using the P10 in Q3 this year, a source at 3Dlabs told us that 'Creative will also be using the architecture which was annouced this month to manufacture a consumer-based board' by the end of the year. ...more