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The activity program

LITHUANIA COMMITS ITSELF TO BE READY FOR EU MEMBERSHIP IN 2004. more »

FBI posts free software to combat hacker attacks

Software that can help Web sites neutralize the sort of denial of service attacks that felled Yahoo and others in recent days has been posted by the FBI and computer service organizations. more »

NSI profit rises on increase in Net name registrations

Network Solutions, which runs the database that manages Internet addresses, said fourth-quarter profit more than doubled because it registered more Web site names. more »

A study

The Business Software Association and Microsoft released a study showing that pirate software remains a big problem in the Baltics. more »

"Righteous Among Nations"

The Israeli Embassy honoured nine Latvians as "Righteous Among Nations" for their role in saving Jews during the Holocaust. more »

Blocked students find backdoor to Napster

A sort of "free Napster" movement is surfacing to counter efforts by record companies and universities to quash access to the software, which lets online users swap digital music tracks. more »

The decision

The leader of the National Socialist Union, Mindaugas Murza, has been entered on top of the election list for the Independence Party for the local council elections in Šiauliai. more »

Increasing drug usage in Finland

A row is developing between Finland and Estonia over comments by Finnish Interior Minister Kari Häkämies, who said that Estonia could be prevented from joining the EU if it does not deal with drug trafficking and police corruption. more »

Microsoft names new consumer OS: Windows Me

The software giant has settled on a name for its next consumer operating system: Windows Me, short for Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition. more »

MICROLINK-FORTECH merger

Estonia_s MicroLink and Latvia_s Fortech announced their merger on Jan. 27 creating the largest information technology concern in the Baltics. more »

Three bicyclists from Lithuania are the first Lithuanians to ped

Goda Ciplyte, 32, Sigitas Kucas, 48, and Edvardas Zizys, 63, are the first Lithuanians to pedal around the world. They were joined by Slawomir Platek from Poland. more »

Japan Web Site Hacks Continue Unabated

Following a recent spate of attacks on Web sites operated by its agencies and departments, the Japanese Government said it would wage war on hackers. more »

The growing industries

European Stocks Likely to Gain, Led by Phones on Optimism for More Mergers. more »

Poland_s Optimus Wants Internet Partners By End-H1

Polish computer maker Optimus is in talks with more than ten potential partners to jointly develop the Internet portal onet.pl. more »

Computer Stocks Boost Warsaw Bourse, More Gains Seen

The Warsaw bourse_s benchmark WIG index rose almost 500 points, or 2.5 percent. more »

Chips embark on road to 20 gigahertz

If certain technological hurdles can be cleared, processors running at a mind-boggling 20 gigahertz could be commercially available in the next eight years. more »

Alpha version of Mozilla makes debut

Mozilla.org has released the long-awaited "alpha" version of its open source Web browser, dubbed M13, in a signal that the troubled project may finally be putting some of its problems behind it. more »

Amazon announces layoffs

Amazon.com said Friday that it laid off 150 workers (2 percent of its workforce)--the largest employment cutbacks ever announced by the Internet pioneer. more »

Czechs Sell Savings Bank To Austria_s Erste

The Czech government voted on Wednesday to sell a majority of the country_s second largest bank, Ceska Sporitelna a.s., to Erste Bank AG, giving the Austrian savings house a major foothold in emerging Europe. more »

Disney portal shifts strategy, may lose logo

Disney_s online directory, Go.com, is changing its Web strategy, narrowing its focus to play up its strength as an entertainment destination, the company said Thursday. more »