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Thursday, January 21, 1999 Published at 12:31 GMT


Sci/Tech

The wired week - Two



BBC Internet Correspondent Chris Nuttall reviews the Web week every Friday on the Up All Night programme on Radio 5 Live. The current and archived audio reports can be accessed from this page. The Websites mentioned in the reports will also be listed here.

Up All Night is presented by Rhod Sharp.


Up All Night: The wired week
Week Two: Chris and Rhod begin with the Microsoft trial in the United States as it starts to hear the 12 witnesses for the defence.

They discuss the impact Dixon's, the UK's biggest electrical retailer, is having on the computer business and the Internet. Its FreeserveInternet access product now has more subscribers than any other ISP.

Chris reports back from the British Education and Training Technology exhibition at London's Olympia. In particular, he talks about the e-mail filter software Mail-Gearand the imminent arrival of the 24 Hour Museum Website promised by the UK Government.

Archive:
Week One - The launch of the GuardianUnlimited network.




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