Publishers identify Amazon as a greater threat than Google

Publishing executives have begun questioning the role that Amazon is playing in the bookselling market, suggesting that it presents more of a threat than Google's plans to make the full text books online. The chief executive of Harper Collins told the London Book Fair that while they were all talking about Google, publishers should be more concerned by Amazons plans. 'They are moving into the publishing space and we ought to be very mindful of that,' Victoria Barnsley said during a panel discussion. ...more

Nominet under fire over iTunes domain dispute

UK domain registrar faces a legal challenge to its right to resolve disputes over domain name ownership. Nominet faces having to establish its authority after the former owner of the itunes.co. ...more

Free Java with JBuilder 4 Foundation

Borland has released a Foundation edition of its new version of JBuilder, and it's freely available for download. With a full-featured IDE (integrated development environment), JBuilder 4 Foundation allows you to build, debug and deploy Java 2 applications. As well as employing the Java 2 JDK 1. ...more

Mygate calls in the receivers

Computer software and peripherals retailer Mygate has gone into liquidation, with the receivers called in yesterday. According to the receivers, BDO Stoy Hayward, rival retailer Cancom has bought the Mygate name and is in negotiation over the purchase of the Mygate database. Cancom is reported as being intent on fulfilling existing orders from Mygate customers. ...more

News roundup... 28/05/2002

Here, in brief, are some of the day's other stories. Record UK corporate loss Vodafone now holds the unwanted mantle of suffering the largest losses in UK corporate history. The company recorded a loss of ?13. ...more