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Game Boy: Pocket full of profits
News The screen looks like something out of the Atari days, or at best, ColecoVision; the buttons are a bit too small for adult fingers; and the sound is a far cry from today's video games. [20 May 1999]
Linux games: It's no Myth
News [19 May 1999]
Xerox, Microsoft unveil tech plans
News Hoping to make it easier to turn paper documents into digital ones, Microsoft and Xerox on Tuesday unveiled plans to share technology and co-market products. [19 May 1999]
MP3.Com sued by PlayMedia
News [18 May 1999]
Windows or else - MS/Sony deal is a private affair
News [18 May 1999]
Games on DVD - 99 will be a good Christmas
News Christmas 1999 will be the best yet for DVD. ZDNet predicts a whole raft of new film titles and at last, serious interest from the games creators. [17 May 1999]
Is Upgrading To a PIII Worth It?
News I suppose I could have subtitled this column, "What? My computer's obsolete again?" A lot of Help Channel visitors have written me at stumpjeff@zdnet.com asking about the new chip from Intel, the Pentium III. [17 May 1999]
Nuggets: MP3 player for £109.95!
News Nuggets, twice a day, every day (well, we do our best!). Software, hardware and every gadget we can get our mits on... [17 May 1999]
DVD it's a revolution
News Still watching the snow on VHS? DVD is here and if the experts are to be believed you'll be watching your first DVD movie sooner than you think [14 May 1999]
DVD technology explained
News Know the difference between your RAMs and your ROMs? What about the RW? Jane Wakefield explains it so your mum will understand... [14 May 1999]
DVD - on the TV or the PC?
News The debate over whether the TV or the PC will become the focus of entertainment in the home takes centre stage as DVD players vie with PC drives to bring DVD movies to our screens. [14 May 1999]
M'Learned Web: the MP3 debate
News MP3 is causing a stir. Not least among record company big wigs. So what's all the fuss about? Is it illegal? Why are artists and record companies so worried? Robin Bynoe explains... [14 May 1999]
UK DVD sales catching the US
News Why has America got a bigger DVD movie library than us? Ok, so we're used to being second place for film releases, but it may surprise you to know that the U.K. is now racing ahead with the technology [14 May 1999]
Are you paying too much for DVD movies?
News Online DVD retailer DVDplus has accused the high street stores of exploiting customers with inflated prices. [14 May 1999]
Bloody games don't breed violence
News A trade show full of game and entertainment executives were told Thursday they are not responsible for the teen violence displayed in such places as Littleton, Colorado. [14 May 1999]
Graphics wars heat up
News Creative Labs strikes back at 3dfx, using a new technology that will let its boards run 3dfx-enabled games. [14 May 1999]
Online music body favours MP3
News In a surprise development, the independent body tasked with securing music online appears to be backing MP3. [13 May 1999]
Web survey shows privacy shortfall
News Internet officials were quick to trumpet the results of an online privacy survey released Wednesday as proof that Congress doesn't need to pass laws regulating data collection by Web sites. [13 May 1999]
MS plans broadband control
News Through a series of major investments, Microsoft is attempting to buy its way into the next-generation Internet business at every level, from the pipes that deliver content to the Web pages that are delivered. [13 May 1999]
Microsoft and Sony do online music deal
News Sony Corp.'s Sony Music, using technology developed by Microsoft Corp., plans to begin selling new hit "virtual singles" over the Internet at the same time the songs are available in record stores. [12 May 1999]
SDMI buckles on MP3 - Report
News The Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) which is looking to set standards for the digital distribution of music, is to adopt MP3 according to Music Week. [12 May 1999]
Nuggets: 3D specs for games
News Nuggets, twice a day, every day (well, we do our best!). Software, hardware and every gadget we can get our mits on... [11 May 1999]
TV on a PC? We can do it - 3Dfx...
News For almost 10 years, the computer industry has pounded away on applications for putting TV pictures on a computer monitor -- with only mild success. [11 May 1999]
MP3 tops the web
News [10 May 1999]
Game violence: All in the family?
News As Littleton turns concern into crisis, a US study suggests parents don't care enough about game violence. [10 May 1999]
