US sports fans key in to the Internet by touchscreen kiosk

BACK on the Internet, US computer giant 3Com - which employs more than 400 people in Blanchardstown - is providing "Internet Spoken Here" kiosks at the former Candlestick Park stadium in San Francisco, which now carries the computer firm's name. These touch screen kiosks will allow sports fans to use the net free of charge and come as part of its sponsorship of the city's football team, the Forty-Niners and the Giants baseball team. The only question now is when the superhighway will come to St Mel's Park and Gortakeegan?