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• Online Investors Go Wireless

  About one in three online investors use two-way pagers or wireless handheld computers to monitor their investments, a nationwide survey of 1,069 investors found. And about one in five use one or both devices to place the actual trades wirelessly.

  Written by Matt Hamblen • 09 May 00 12:01

• Pace of Internet Penetration Quickens in Italy

  From online procurement to the online formation of a government, Internet penetration is steadily gaining pace in Italy.

  Written by Philip Willan • 09 May 00 12:01

• Study: 'Love' Virus Damages Approaching $7 Billion

  Last week's "ILOVEYOU" virus and its numerous variants have cost businesses, governments and other technology users a total of $6.7 billion in damages so far, according to an estimate released today by Computer Economics Inc. in Carlsbad, California.

  Written by Kathleen Ohlson • 09 May 00 12:01

• Free ISP NetZero Gets Easier

  Free Internet access through NetZero Inc. is simpler in a recently revised version, but it still exacts a price.

  Written by Alexandra Barrett • 09 May 00 12:01

• Compaq Bundles Wireless Home Nets

  Compaq Computer Corp. is extending its wireless home-networking reach, announcing yesterday it is bundling products from Proxim Inc. based on the HomeRF standard.

  Written by Tom Mainelli • 09 May 00 12:01

• Cisco Partners with NorthPoint on DSL Bid

  Cisco Systems Inc. yesterday charged forward with another broadband play, teaming up with DSL company NorthPoint Communications Group Inc. in an alliance designed to fuel NorthPoint's DSL platform.

  Written by Jennifer Jones • 09 May 00 12:01

• N+I - Novell looks to smooth back-up process

  Novell this week at NetWorld+Interop 2000 is expected to roll out back-up software that prevents network downtime, as well as demonstrate a broadband gateway that eases the provisioning and support of digital subscriber line modems and set-top boxes.

  Written by Deni Connor • 09 May 00 12:01

• Tivoli, vendors beef up reporting capabilities

  Making use of the end-to-end reporting capabilities of a company's enterprise is becoming much more of a critical factor for network management during these days of the booming e-business age. At NetWorld+Interop in Las Vegas this week, network administrators and CIOs can expect to see the software and hardware aspects of the subject addressed behind a host of products designed to make clear and quick sense of data being fed into and emerging from a Web-enabled infrastructure.

  Written by Brian Fonseca • 09 May 00 12:01

• Sabre Adds More Online Travel Capabilities

  In yet another agreement with an online venture, Sabre Holdings Inc. in Fort Worth, Texas, is adding Internet-based capabilities for booking corporate conferences to its worldwide travel reservations system.

  Written by Michael Meehan • 09 May 00 12:01

• A harsh lesson in love

  More than two-thirds of Australian businesses were hit with last week's "Love Bug", but e-commerce security executive Steve Crutchfield believes there may be a valuable lesson amid the mayhem.

  Written by Byron Kaye and Luisa Bustos • 09 May 00 12:01

• No Worries About CA Earnings Announcement Delay

  Computer Associates International Inc.'s announcement yesterday that is was delaying the release of its financial results until May 18 may concern investors, but at least one analyst says that for CA users "this is pretty much a nonevent."

  Written by Brian Sullivan • 09 May 00 12:01

• Customerless telco has big things in store

  In a rare act of IT industry humility, fledgling Perth telco Swiftel has budgeted for no revenues in its first six months of business.

  Written by Byron Kaye • 09 May 00 12:01

• U.K. Online Shopping Set to Explode

  Online retailing in the U.K. can expect to experience sustained growth within the next five years, with shoppers forecast to spend 20 billion pounds (US$30.5 billion) on purchases made over the Internet in 2005, Fletcher Research Ltd. announced at its Retail Online forum.

  Written by Laura Rohde • 09 May 00 12:01

• Lasseters not ready to gamble on ASX yet

  Online casino operator Lasseters has extended its IPO for the second time. The gambling organisation, which is hoping to raise $40 million, was expected to close its share offer yesterday, following a three-week extension from its original closure date of April 19 amid the stock market frenzy.

  Written by Luisa Bustos • 09 May 00 12:01

• C&W HKT, Nokia to Push VPN in Asia

  Nokia Corp. and Cable & Wireless HKT Ltd. have agreed to jointly provide VPN (virtual private network) security products to corporate customers in Asia.

  Written by Terho Uimonen • 09 May 00 12:01

• Analysts: Lockdown Vital to Win 2k Value

  The real total cost-of-ownership benefits of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 2000 Professional won't come automatically, analysts warn. To reap the full rewards, they say, information technology departments must move to a managed desktop environment -- in other words, lock down end users' PCs.

  Written by Dominique Deckmyn • 09 May 00 12:01

• DealTime Joins Wireless Comparison-Shopping Fray

  DealTime.com in New York has joined the growing crowd of wireless Web comparison-shopping service providers with the introduction of its DealTime Mobile service. The company said the service allows consumers to use a cell phone to check pricing on 5 million items in a wide range of product categories.

  Written by Bob Brewin • 09 May 00 12:01

• Tango Moves Data-Driven Apps to the Web

  To maintain your company's competitive edge, your IT department must constantly reinvent your Web offerings while also reducing costs by exploiting the efficiencies of e-business. To this end, companies of all sizes are looking to deploy data-driven Web applications and are facing a variety of integration prerequisites. The job requires proficiency in several programming languages, expertise in cross-platform database and SQL query development, and the ability to merge supply-side applications -- on time and on budget.

  Written by James R. Borck • 08 May 00 12:01

• Business Briefs

  Deskbound Australians see stars and stripes, Intel to spend $10b to meet demand, The 'imminent demise' of dotcom retailers

  Written by IDG staff • 08 May 00 12:01

• Give Your Body a Break on the Job

  With all the demands you put on your mind -- assignments, appointments, advancing your skills -- it's easy to forget about your body. But some simple practices can help you relieve physical stress during the workday.

  Written by Ted Samson • 08 May 00 12:01