Internet set to take over PC sales More than one out of three visitors to the Tech Advisor web site will buy their next PC online. Nearly 40% of respondents to our interactive poll confirmed that their next PC purchase would be made via the Internet, while a mere 8.7% said they would be placing their order over the phone. The figures are in line with sales trends reported by the leading direct PC manufacturers....

Microsoft gears up for wireless Microsoft is putting some sting into its wireless plans. New technology dubbed ‘Stinger’ will essentially be the software framework for Internet-enabled smart phones. The software giant, of course, hopes Stinger will become as ubiquitous as Windows. At the moment, there’s only a prototype of a Stinger device, previewed by Microsoft representatives yesteraday. It has a large colour screen to display text and images, and a Web browser....

Move over dotcoms Suffixes such as .travel, .shop, and .banc could become as common as .com, .org and .net following a pivotal decision by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers at a conference in Japan Customers should have more names to choose from and have a better idea of what kind of business site they are visiting, just by looking at the name. Competition will also be increased between firms that specialise in registering domain names and then sell them off at hefty profits....

Intel: Moving Beyond the Chip Seeking to remind customers and competitors that it’s more than a processor manufacturer, Intel is getting into the e-business business, investing £63 million in a global infrastructure effort to help clients conduct business online. Intel is combining its Architecture Business Group and Microprocessor Products Group into a single unit to deliver hardware and software more effectively to three key platforms: desktop computing, enterprise computing and the mobile market....