Sun , the leading provider of the heavy-duty computers that run complex Web sites, still provides hundreds of servers on the Network Solutions network, but the IBM S80 server will be positioned at the top of Network Solution's directory server network.

Thai Internet laws seen boosting e-trade
Thailand will take a major step to boost Internet business and facilitate e-commerce with the introduction of key legislation at the end of the year, the head of the government's technology agency said on Friday.

Pairash Thajchayapong, executive director of the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) told Reuters two draft bills on e-commerce and digital signatures would be adopted before the end of the year.

"The two bills will be put forward for the consideration of Parliament in June. I expect the enactment by the end of this year, or early next year at the latest," he said in an interview.

NEC to build new chips plants in US
NEC Corp, the world's second-largest chip-maker, said on Friday it will begin constructing within a year buildings to house new chip plants in California and Hiroshima, Japan.NEC will spend $ 300 billion to build new plants - one each in the United States and Japan - to make general-purpose memory chips and valued-added system LSI (large-scale integrated) chips, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun Financial daily reported on Friday.

Intrinsic eyes early start in China WAP market
Between two and five million Chinese will own mobile phones capable of logging onto the Internet by the end of the year, an executive with Shanghai-based upstart Intrinsic Technology Ltd said on Friday. As an early bird in the budding market, Intrinsic is betting its business making Chinese software and Web services for mobile phones will be a smash hit with users.

WWW.bazee.com initiates bazee bowling tournament
The Indian subsidiary of the New York based auction site --wwww.baazee.com, is initiating a `baazee bowling tournament' in association with Megabowl at Bangalore. The tournament will commence on April 24 and will be on till the 26 from 10 am to 10 pm. The semi-finals will be held on the 27 and 28 with the finals scheduled for 29 April.

IT&T ties up with Intel for Bluetooth technology
Leading IT services and infrastructure management company IT&T on Friday said it has tied up with Intel to bring Bluetooth technology to India which would enable mobile computing devices and home appliances to communicate in a wireless office or home environment. The technology would enable users to connect a wide range of computing and telecommunications devices easily without using cables