Retail chain Dixons is to ditch a five-year joint venture with Freeserve in favour of a new tie-up with US giant AOL, it was reported today.

By the look on their faces, it seems pop's cheekiest twins were unable to resist the opportunity to frolic on canvas in the name of art.

British Telecom is spending £10m (€15.85m) to promote the potential of broadband in what it believes is the UK’s most intensive TV ad campaign ever, it said today.

Internet service provider Freeserve has confirmed it may rebrand in a move that could change the email addresses of 2.5 million customers.

The UK telecom regulator Oftel has released figures showing a sharp decline in internet traffic across UK telephone networks in the first three quarters of 2001.

Investors have piled into technology shares on the London Stock Exchange on the back of a good session last night on the US Nasdaq index.