August 2001 News
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Arapahoe gains support from heavyweights
A new PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) interface called Arapahoe gained momentum on 29 August as 22 industry-leading...31 Aug 2001
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Arapahoe gains support from heavyweights
A new PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) interface called Arapahoe gained momentum on 29 August as 22 industry-leading...31 Aug 2001
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Vivendi completes MP3.com purchase
Media and communications giant Vivendi Universal announced that it completed its acquisition of renegade online music company...31 Aug 2001
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Sklyarov pleads not guilty
Indicted Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov pleaded not guilty to charges of violating the terms of the 1998 Digital Millennium...31 Aug 2001
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New worm encrypts .exe files
US-based anti-virus vendor Central Command has detected a new worm that mass-mails itself to users disguised as a warning from...31 Aug 2001
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Schwab announces more layoffs
In an attempt to cope with a 50% drop in client activity, Charles Schwab has announced it will lay off 2,000 to 2,400 employees...31 Aug 2001
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Watchdog report slams financial firms on privacy
A privacy watchdog group released a report criticising the privacy practices operated by financial institutions in the US.31 Aug 2001
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IT directors soften as PCG appeals on IR35 ruling
IT directors are concerned that they will have to pay more for skilled contractors if the Professional Contractors Group (PCG),...31 Aug 2001
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CityReach bankruptcy causes concern
CityReach International, one of Europe's largest Web-hosting and col-location companies, has gone into receivership, prompting...31 Aug 2001
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Facial recognition technology does not fit
The hi-tech security industry suffered a blow this week when two trials using face recognition technology software by bookstore...31 Aug 2001
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IT blamed for Lloyds TSB job losses
High Street bank Lloyds TSB is to cut 500 jobs in branches across the country, claiming many of the redundancies have been caused...31 Aug 2001
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Shaky start for Tokyo Bluetooth trials
Slow transmission speeds, shorter ranges and absent Handspring PDAs made for a shaky start to the first public trials of...31 Aug 2001
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Big Blue rescues struggling SuSE
A German newspaper report has claimed that the open source software-maker SuSE Linux has narrowly avoided insolvency after...31 Aug 2001
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Nokia outsources mobile network R&D
Nokia has announced plans to outsource part of its research and development (R&D) on mobile networks.31 Aug 2001
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Microsoft under EC's investigation radar -- and other news
Europe enters Microsoft investigation
All the papers carry the news that the European Commission has expanded its investigation into Microsoft to...31 Aug 2001 -
US eyes European PC market
A study carried out by Nielsen//NetRatings has suggested that US-based PC makers may target Europe as a potentially lucrative...30 Aug 2001
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Poll blow for PKI uptake
The struggling public key infrastructure market has been dealt another blow with the release of a report which shows that just 3%...30 Aug 2001
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EC merges Microsoft antitrust investigations
The European Commission has announced that it is to merge its two antitrust investigations into Microsoft's operating systems.30 Aug 2001
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IT sleep-out helps the homeless
Senior executives from the IT industry are preparing to take part in the fourth annual Byte Night sleep-out to raise money for...30 Aug 2001
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WIPO voices Web intellectual property concerns
The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is to stage its second major international conference on the trademark and...30 Aug 2001
