There are three things that make a good online news service: speed of delivery, accuracy and breadth of coverage. Vnunet.com carries up-to-the-minute news from five market-leading weekly newspapers - Computing, Accountancy Age, PC Dealer, Network News and PC Week - which generate anything up to 50 stories every day of the working week. ThatÆs not all. Correspondents in Europe, the US and Asia contribute daily to the VNU Newswire, a round-the-clock news service available exclusively at vnunet.com. Searching vnunetÆs huge archive of news couldnÆt be simpler. Keyword searches will retrieve lists of articles anything up to a year old.

Most visitors to vnunet.com come for the news, but for those with a need for more detailed information there is a wealth of in-depth articles, from news analysis to product reviews from VNUÆs stable of monthly publications, which includes such titles as Personal Computer World and Management Consultancy.

Areas of particular interest are covered in ômicrositesö- areas of vnunet.com set up to cater topical or specialist subjects. Recent examples include E-commerce, a complete guide to trading and buying online, and the First TimersÆ Guide, a lively series of articles offering practical advice to IT professionals considering a career in contracting.

All this is supplemented by some of the best editorial material from VNUÆs portfolio of 15 business and consumer titles.