The members of the various Star Trek seasons are actually very familiar with time travel. This might be new here but: On the Star Trek site from Paramount, the coming episodes of the starship Voyager are listed. The episode “Fair Haven” is therefore the first January 1900 broadcast (www.startrek.com/ …). Apparently the program listings are [...]

The acquisition of a majority of Isis by Mannesmann Arcor is perfect. The Federal Cartel Office and the competent supervisory bodies had no objections to the majority stake of 64.9 percent in the Düsseldorf city carriers. Mannesmann Arcor had announced in August 1999 its intention to acquire a majority stake in the regional telephone company [...]

Ebay plays it safe: The online auctioneer announced on New Year’s Eve his site shut down for several hours (www.ebay.com). A day before New Year’s posted on his eBay page, the news that “because of a years-2000-review” the site on 31 December by three clock in the afternoon (Pacific time) for three hours will be [...]

The site of the Pentagon belonging “Defense Finance and Accounting Service” (DFAS) is not in the hours before and after the turn of his reach: The U.S. Defense Department announced that it shut down the site to protect them from cyber attacks to preserve. The DFAS is responsible for the disbursements of the Pentagon in [...]

“Open Transport tuner” patch, the Apple (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: APC) this week had provided against attacks on the Mac OS 9, does more harm than good. The reported number of users in Apple-related forums. Once the patch is installed, network connections could not be retrieved. Macianer Some also report that they boot up their browsers [...]

from the use of an anti-virus software is generally expected to increase protection for their PC. Anyone who has installed on his computer, but Norton Antivirus 2000 (version 6.0) was, until recently exposed potential attacks on its system. The problem: When using the software incoming e-mails for viruses examined, the fact is automatically protected port [...]

American industry cheers for consumer electronics: after initial projections, they could double this year, sales of DVD players. “DVD is the fastest growing segment in consumer electronics,” said the director of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Ann Saybolt. 450 000 in November alone DVD players are on the shop counters in the U.S. wandered throughout [...]

This round went to the artists’ group Headquartered in Zurich Etoys: In the dispute with the game retailer Etoys to the domain etoys.com the American company has offered to withdraw his copyright claim. Reason: The company is using e-mails from supporters of the group of artists have been inundated. “The e-mails we have received, have [...]

PC models from Compaq Presario 5800 and 5900 computer (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: CPQ) are prone to crashes. Users flooded the manufacturer’s hotlines with calls since Christmas, because the mouse pointer froze constantly. The company is now called the basic Windows 98 Second Edition. Based on the ancient DOS use both Windows 95 and 98, unlike [...]

“Do not be misled” – with these words has Mannesmann boss Klaus Esser again to the shareholders of the Düsseldorf company appealed, to encourage them to reject the takeover bid by Vodafone. The offer (53.7 Vodafone shares for a man man) would lead to “a number of very significant risks to the Mannesmann shareholders to [...]

The team wishes its readers a ZDNet Y2K bug-free happy new year. Unless the computer and on 1 January are still running, you are here as usual, supplied with news and downloads.

The Bremer Internet Provider Professional now offers a “24 hour flat rate” for 189 marks a month. With the flat-users to 24 hours a day around the clock via a free 0800 number to access the Internet. The setup fee is an additional one-time 189 mark. The hotline is available weekdays 8 to 18 clock. [...]

information and telecommunication top, automotive and retail flop: This is the balance of the stock market in 1999. The top rankings of the 30 DAX stocks occupied German Telekom and Mannesmann. The shares of the incumbents could be provided for in the past twelve months by more than 150 percent to a closing price of [...]

to make The alleged author of the CIH virus, Chen Ing-Hou (CIH!), takes in the new millennium, no professional care: An unnamed Taiwanese technology company has the “super-hacker” now hiring. The company wants to hire their own information after undergoing an extensive hardware testing and for Ing-Hou. Chen Ing-Hou is 25 years old and a [...]

Uri Geller, older readers still known as spoon bending alien in his own right, has sued the Japanese company Nintendo console. One of the characters in the popular game “Pokemon” is called “Un-Geller” as a trademark and holds a spoon in his hand. The British newspaper “The Guardian” estimated the value of $ 100 million [...]