The eLearning initiative is designed to mobilise the educational and cultural communities and the economic and social players in Europe. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates is to spend 130m on funding 230 scholarships to Cambridge University. The move will create the biggest international scholarship scheme ever seen in Britain. After conquering the consumer market, America Online is turning its sights on the nation's schools with a new, free service aimed at harried teachers looking to help their students make use of the Internet. But the service is reigniting the debate over growing commercialism in schools.
Online hate is as much a part of the Web as e-commerce, porn sites, and portals.
From neo-Nazis and skinheads to the Ku Klux Klan, almost every hate group in America has its own website. But some hate-watchers say that, contrary to conventional wisdom, these groups' aggressive Internet strategy has not paid off. It's resulted in greater public scrutiny with no measurable increase in influence. The United States is waking up to a new and dangerous computer virus which is spreading through e-mail systems that use Microsoft software. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has warned that many more systems could become infected over the coming days.