Web Week

National says no: National claims it has had thousands of hits this week to its new site, protesting about the coastal law row. The site screams "No deals!" Will National launch another site headed No Maurice?

Basking in the glory: Healthy Kiwi national sports scores have been hard to find in recent times so check out the official netball site to enjoy the good news and grab a special Silver Ferns screensaver and computer wallpaper.

Online truth: News on the net this week that metal band Metallica was suing a Canadian band called Unfaith for trademark infringement over the use of "Metallica-branded" chords E and F drew vigorous protests from music fans. Some fans have yet to catch up with the fact that the story was another internet hoax. See Snopes website.

The end of Netscape: Those who prefer an alternative to Microsoft's browser were saddened by the news that AOL is pulling the plug on browser pioneer Netscape, which once ruled the web. Part of the code will live on in the open source browser Mozilla, and AOL has contributed to the Mozilla Foundation, set up to promote it.

Who plays video games?: A US study of video games among university students makes the surprising claim that women play more computer and online games than men.

One for Linux users: The Linux 2.6 kernel version is in alpha stage but adventurous Linux users are heading to Linux Kernel Archives to try it out.

Beaches for all

Netball NZ

Snopes Metallica hoax

Mozilla Foundation

Video games study

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