Web Round Up – W/E 17/1/97

World in Action, the television documentary series, have launched a web site. The site is full of information on past, current and future programme subjects. It also gives the visitor the chance to feedback on previous programmes and has details of where to find out more on certain subjects. It also gives you the chance to suggest issues that you feel World in Action should investigate.

World in Action is at; http://www.granadatv.com/worldinaction/

If you go to; http://webnoize.dmn.com/webnoize/TOC/ you will reach Webnoize. Webnoize reports on the effects of new technology on music. It also gives music fans the opportunity to exchange notes with like minded musicians.

http://www.herring.com/rhdirect/home.html, is the digital destination of Red Herring Direct, a free weekly newsletter about the technology business. It covers subjects as diverse as the new Armada Notebook to technology events and conferences happening worldwide.

Australia’s principal live music event will rock the Internet on Friday. The London web designers, Think Electric and Netmare have linked up with the Australian company, Starbait to get more than a dozen bands including Supergrass, Prodigy and Patti Smith online across the globe. Users will even be able to enter a virtual room and chat with stars in real time. For a big Day Out key into; http://starbait.bdo.com.au/starbait/bdo/indexfrm.html

And finally, Leicester-based Entertainment On-line, E-On, offers down loadable games, on-line multi-player titles and a chat area for a flat fee of £9.99 a month. If you fancy a bit of On-line fun go to www.e-on.com