The new weekly, The Industry Standard Europe, was the offshoot of the independent and grotesquely profitable US parent hailed as the internet

It sounds like a fantasy from a Philip K Dick novel – ‘Minority Report’ or the ‘Total Recall’ of the future. But it’s not. It’s actually starting to become a reality. Virtual communities have long been ticking over since the days of The Well, Tripod and Geocities. But this year they look like becoming a fuel-injected business as new technologies arrive to turn them into entirely new propositions. One of

As the dotcom bubble recedes into the past, the historical analysis of the period goes on. The latest addition to the canon is a book by one of the “players” of the time and one of its keenest observers. Starving to Death on $200 million: The short, absurd life of The Industry Standard by James Ledbetter, tells the story of the internet era’s quintessential magazine. Like many of the internet

The Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk Lucent rises on hopes that worst is over http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5-551829,00.html Mobile firms to seek judicial review http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5-551828,00.html Carphone looks to cameras to sustain growth http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5-551832,00.html Mobile appeal keeps us on hold http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,748-551979,00.html The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk Vodafone to challenge price cuts http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,880212,00.html Carphone Warehouse expects sales to be resilient http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,880211,00.html The Daily Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk Vodafone leads price cuts challenge http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2003/01/23/cnvod23.xml Carphone rings seasonal sales growth http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2003/01/23/cncar23.xml Evening Standard http://www.thisislondon.co.uk

The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk C&W chief makes his exit http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,879678,00.html The Daily Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk C&W shake-up finally dislodges Wallace http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2003/01/22/cncnw22.xml Travelbag founder bags a relaxing

The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk ITV bosses box clever over set-top giveaway http://www.guardian.co.uk/Media/broadcast/story/0,7493,878913,00.html Industry insider wins top job as media super regulator http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,879029,00.html They think it’s all over for NTL sport HTTP The Daily Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk Ex-Digital users can keep boxes http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2003/01/21/cndigi21.xml&sSheet=/money/2003/01/21/ixcity.html Evening Standard http://www.thisislondon.co.uk Wallace out in shake-up at C&W http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/business/articles/timid58117?source= The Independent http://news.independent.co.uk Cable & Wireless parts company with Wallace http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/story.jsp?story=371355 NTL’s Carter set to get top job at Ofcom

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The Financial Times(sub. required) Cable companies face new internet rules Music industry to step up anti-piracy fight Infineon chip divisions granted independence Symbian signs Taiwan licensing deal ITV Digital subscribers given set-top boxes Infineon optimistic as losses narrow sharply The Independent Higgs to unveil widest shake-up of boardrooms for a decade It was the IT wedding of the year. But will Martin Read make the marriage work? The Times Need