>> Headline Alert << What the press say today —————————————————————– Editors: Ken Young, Mike Butcher, Steve Hill Subscribe here: http://www.headline-alert.com —————————————————————– Breaking today: Internet worm hits Korean shares http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=2113483 Developers Turn to Linux, Stunt Microsoft Growth http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=2111821 Bill Gates sees no spending pickup http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=2111350 Top stories to watch out for: Vodafone expects strong third-quarter customer growth today http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2003/01/27/ccweek27.xml&sSheet=/money/2003/01/27/ixcoms.html#2 Autonomy expected to post static figures for fourth quarter http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2003/01/27/ccweek27.xml&sSheet=/money/2003/01/27/ixcoms.html#2 Games Workshop

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The Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk Nokia rings alarm with sales warning http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5-552880,00.html Upbeat Siemens surges http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5-552884,00.html Misys to cut 300 banking arm jobs http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5-552877,00.html Firm in Amazon trade inquiry linked to ImClone investigation http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5-552983,00.html The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk AOL mulls sale of book division http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,881185,00.html Virgin Mobile gains strength http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,881190,00.html Evening Standard http://www.thisislondon.co.uk Standard downgrading for C&W http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/business/articles/timid58263?source= BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk Amazon celebrates second profit http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2689331.stm Fraudsters turn to the net http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2688321.stm Nintendo looks

Breaking: Dyke under fire in BBC online row (Guardian) Gates and the Brussels web (FT) AOL’s $98bn loss is largest in US history (FT) Hutchison steps out into 3G world (Telegraph/Independent) /————————-Advertisement————————- New media analysis: http://www.mbites.com —————————————————————–/ The Financial Times (subscription required) Court rules against web cafe music downloads http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1042491297767 Gates and the Brussels web http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1042491331594 BBC challenge withdrawn http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1042491265664 SEC accuses KPMG partners of Xerox fraud http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&cid=1042491318875 Verizon warns

—————————————————————– Headline Alert – January 31, 2003 – Edited by Mike Butcher —————————————————————– Subscribe here: http://www.headline-alert.com —————————————————————– Breaking: EU forces Microsoft to change .Net programme (FT) Dyke committed ‘no impropriety’ (FT) EU investigates legality of ?9bn France Telecom loan (Times) /————————-Advertisement————————- New media analysis: http://www.mbites.com —————————————————————/ The Financial Times (subscription required) EU forces Microsoft to change .Net programme http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1042491362961&p=1012571727242 SAP beats profit target despite flat sales http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&cid=1042491337018 Hitachi shifts focus

Gawker, the new ‘blog publishing’ venture has launched. Looks pretty good. Nice writing style. Quick and dirty. There’s a write-up over at Marketingfix (see link below). But I checked out the bottom of the page where I found a link to Sitemeter. This reveals that on the day of its launch Gawker got a total of 6,304 (Wednesday), the average visit lasting just over a minute and a half, while

Matt Jones says lots of people at the BBC are signing up. Nick Denton also likes it.