November 2000 News
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Economics of 3G may not add up, says i-Mode
NTT DoCoMo - the provider of the always-on mobile Internet service that has taken Japan by storm - has warned there may be too little revenue from third...29 Nov 2000 -
Sun auctions its server hardware
Eric DoyleSun Microsystems is trialling auction sales of its server hardware in the UK following successful tests in the US.
The...
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ICL plans to boost hot-desking
Troubled computer services company ICL is planning a significant increase in the number of its workers "hot-desking" as part of a strategy to break even...
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IBM faces racism claim
Roisin WoolnoughA former research associate at IBM is taking the company to court claiming race discrimination.
Kevin Marsh...
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Get ready for software licence changes
Daniel ThomasAlmost 90% of respondents to a Computer Weekly/Harvey Nash Big Question poll admit their businesses have not accounted...
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Thieves strike at Deutsche Bank
Bill GoodwinCity of London Police have launched an investigation after thieves stole computer equipment, worth an estimated £1m, from...
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Users voice stiffing fears over mainframe rebrand
James RogersUsers are growing increasingly anxious about their software contracts following the rebranding of IBM's S/390 mainframe...
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Snap turns NAS servers into Java appliances
Storage company Snap Appliances, a spin-off from Quantum, has announced plans to transform its network attached storage (NAS) servers into specialised Java...29 Nov 2000 -
Suffolk links healthcare community
Suffolk Health Authority's extranet has been named IT Initiative of the Year by Health Service JournalSuffolk Health Authority has landed a...
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Study shows management is key to IT project success
Full user involvement, professional project and change management, and commitment from the top are the keys to IT success highlighted by a new BCS report...29 Nov 2000 -
ASPs bitten by ferocious market
Nick HuberFour in 10 IT directors cannot list the main business benefits of using an application service provider (ASP), according to...
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Citizen Portal launched - UK population become Beta testers for UK Online
The online Citizen Portal, the UK site where the public can access government information and services on the Web, has finally...29 Nov 2000
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Bluetooth could interfere with Lans
Users considering the implementation of Bluetooth wireless personal area networks (WPans) into environments containing wireless local area networks (WLans)...29 Nov 2000 -
Paper-thin screens will hit the market next year
The latest digital display from Canon promises to make screens almost paper thin, writes Eric Doyle.Last week, the company demonstrated a...
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Personalised shopping for Benetton customers
Benetton venture United Web is employing the Blue Martini customer interactive system to enable a more personalised and convenient online consumer experience...29 Nov 2000 -
New domains are not a solution
The Web moved one step closer to getting more domain names this month, with the selection of seven new top-level domain (TLD)...29 Nov 2000
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Chinook tragedy demands reform
The Public Accounts Committee report into the Mull of Kintyre helicopter crash vindicates Computer Weekly's three-year campaign for justice. It...29 Nov 2000 -
Law firm's life-line to start-up failures
Joy MacknightTarlo Lyons, a City-based technology and communications law firm, is launching a specialist Corporate Recovery Group to rescue...
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NHS minister backs XML
Antony AdsheadHealth minister Gisela Stuart told the NHS Information Authority's first national conference this week that £1bn of...
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Lastminute technical glitch mars £8m Web site relaunch
Daniel ThomasOnline booking agent lastminute.com completed the upgrade of its Web site on Monday - only for the site to go down for...
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