Starting up
Need a leased line pronto? That'll be a five month wait, guv'nor
Enough of boys’ toys, women say
When it comes to politics, vive la différence still applies, as the French environment minister, Dominique Voynet, could testify. But when it comes to using the internet, is there really a difference between men's and women's approaches? Or are women second class net citizens - back to the days before Germaine Greer's Female Eunuch.
Go back to school with e-lessons
Feel too ignorant to invest your earnings? Your computer can teach you how.
A new gateway to prosperity
Small business may feel it has had little support from government, but with new initiatives in place, this is set to change. Alan Burkitt-Gray reports
How big banks pocket millions from the online rip-off
Customers lured from high street branches to internet accounts pay the price through low interest rates.
Hi-tech stocks look brighter as sanity returns
Investors who piled into technology took losses but prospects are improving, says Tony Levene.
Finding your ideal home is easier online
Recent months have seen a proliferation of property sales websites, explains Richard Colbey.
Hi-tech twitch
Hard landing or soft? The value of new technology stocks twitched sharply this week; it was more like a spasm in the price of oil, as dealers hit the panic button after the events appraised above. On the hi-tech front, share movements may signal the start of much-needed realignment in the relationship between equities and commercial prospects.