The Australian government has launched a new online directory that
contains information about engineers who can help companies diagnose and
solve Y2K problems. The site is available at http://www.ieaust.org.au.
The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST), a UK organisation that
promotes the legal use of software, has redesigned its web site. Now
incorporating a new graphical look and easier navigation, the site
contains information about software licensing and piracy and provides
forms for visitors to report suspicious software. The site can be found
at http://fast.org.uk The Hong Kong Futures Exchange has started to
publish on its web site reports with data on all futures and options
traded at the exchange. The reports can be found at http://www.hkfe.com
under 'datastat/data'. FT.com, an online news and business
information resource produced by the Financial Times, has been
redesigned. The site, available at http://www.ft.com, now offers an
improved structure with a streamlined homepage, as well as consistent
navigation throughout. TBS, an advertising agency, has launched a web
site that is targeted specifically at the life sciences, pharmaceutical
and medical industries. PharmiWeb, available at
http://www.pharmiweb.com, offers industry news, career development
services and an appointments section. SBP (Survey of Buying
Power)-ONLINE, an interactive US-based service that offers detailed
demographic profiles of geographic areas, market ranking and custom
mapping results, has been updated with retail expenditure results for
1998. The site can be found at http://www.sbponline.com. East Midlands
Airport has gone online. The UK airport's web site, which can be
found at http://www.eastmidsairport.co.uk , offers a guide to facilities
at the airport's terminal, scheduled and holiday flight information
as well as travelling tips. Qantas, the Australian airline, has made
available an online booking service for travel on its domestic network.
The service can be found through the company's site at
http://www.qantas.com.au. Excite has agreed to provide the channel
content and Internet search for UK food retailer Tesco's new
combined Internet shopping and ISP web site. The site, available at
http://www.tesco.co.uk, will include news, sport, weather, lifestyle and
investment channels as well as entertainment and chat channels. The
Indian government says that in order to make its accounting practices
more transparent it has launched a new web site, at http://cga.nic.in,
which will provide monthly financial data on the central
government's operations. Poppleston Allen, a UK licensing law firm,
has launched a new web site at http://www.popall.co.uk, which includes a
free guide to licensing law, an interactive questions and answers
section, news relating to licensing law as well as a library of
published articles on the subject. The Portman Group, an initiative
against alcohol misuse supported by the UK alcoholic drinks industry,
has launched a web site at http://www.portman-group.org.uk. The site
will provide advice on sensible drinking, information about the
group's 1999 programme as well as online ordering for free
publications and campaign materials.
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