Internet sees new Web revival

The Web is back, according to Internet monitoring company Netcraft. In its study of numbers of websites online during the last six months, it has noted phenomenal growth 'approaching the torrid growth rate of 2000'. From May to June Netcraft counted nearly 65 million active sites, an increase of 1. ...more

AMD sets the lawyers on 'improper' Intel

AMD has filed a lawsuit against rival chip maker Intel, alleging that it has carried out a 'relentless' campaign to dissuade companies against buying AMD processors. The suit, filed in Delaware USA, claims that Intel has used 'improper' subsidies to gain sales and has threatened retaliation against companies that either use or sell AMD products. The 48-page filing names 38 firms that AMD alleges have been victims of coercion by Intel, including large scale computer-makers, small system-builders, wholesale distributors and retailers, 'through seven types of illegality across three continents'. ...more

Internet filters can block health sites

Filtering software designed to prevent children accessing pornographic Web sites may also block access to sites carrying helpful health information and advice, a new report has found. The report, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that almost a quarter of the top health sites were blocked using the software's most restrictive settings. The research team, headed by Caroline Richardson of the University of Michigan, started by entering 24 common health and sexuality terms and six pornographic words into a variety of search engines to collate a list of the top returned sites. ...more

The UK Pentium 4 race is on

The race to UK shelves with Pentium 4-based systems is well and truly on. While the P4 was only officially released yesterday, Fujitsu Siemens is claiming first place with its SCENIC L, CELSIUS 460, SCALEO and SILVERLINE systems. Home users are targeted with the SCALEO and SILVERLINE, which are designed to support intensive applications such as streaming audio and video and online gaming, as well as photo and video editing. ...more

MyDoom tops the January virus chart

MyDoom-A has topped the charts for the first month of 2004, and for 2003, according to Kaspersky. 'Within a week MyDoom beat all the statistics produced by Sobig-F, last year's leader,' says Kaspersky. Accounting for more than three in four reports to the AV company, MyDoom's 'success' is already well-documented. ...more