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2000 Stories
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December 28, 2000
28Dec2000
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Java first-timers take pick of jobs
Ross BentleyThe demand for Java has reached such a crescendo that one recruitment agency plans to place part-qualified Java developers...
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December 28, 2000
28Dec2000
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Wireless Lan in upgrade threat
Wireless Lan users could face costly network infrastructure upgrades in the future because of interference from the nascent... Continue Reading
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December 28, 2000
28Dec2000
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IT staff fail on business risk
The majority of IT departments do not understand crucial management functions within their companies, according to latest study Continue Reading
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December 27, 2000
27Dec2000
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2000: the year Linux invaded Wintel's wonderland
The year began with a whimper in place of a much-feared bang. But there were still plenty of surprises in store. Nicholas... Continue Reading
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December 27, 2000
27Dec2000
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Java toolkit out for beta testing
A Java toolkit that allows developers to build Web- based applications that can handle Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), a... Continue Reading
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December 27, 2000
27Dec2000
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Microsoft grabs great plains - what now for Sage users?
Karl Cushing surveys the impact of Microsoft's acquisition of Great Plains late last year Continue Reading
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December 27, 2000
27Dec2000
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IT pervert re-offends
A computer expert and former Hackney Borough councillor jailed for four months last year after downloading child porn from the internet, including images... Continue Reading -
December 27, 2000
27Dec2000
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Parting is sweet sorrow with Divorce-Online
An internet information service for people going through the processes of separation and divorce has been launched.Developed in association with...
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December 27, 2000
27Dec2000
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Keeping IT confidential
On-line recruitment site, ConfidentialIT.com went live last month, promising users an impartial, discrete and 'highly effective' job finding... Continue Reading -
December 27, 2000
27Dec2000
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ATSCo and Jobserve fall out
ATSCo, the trade association for IT recruitment agencies, has threatened Jobserve with legal action if the job site refuses to continue posting its... Continue Reading -
December 27, 2000
27Dec2000
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Computer engineer shoots himself
A computer engineer who thought he'd infected his company system with a virus became so wracked with guilt that he telephoned the emergency services to... Continue Reading -
December 21, 2000
21Dec2000
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Hewlett Packard tightens its belt
Amid gloomy economic news in the USA, computer giant Hewlett Packard has told staff in the USA that it will delay annual pay rises by three months, saving... Continue Reading -
December 21, 2000
21Dec2000
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Microsoft acquires SME software company
Microsoft has acquired Great Plains, a software company specialising in business management apps for small firms. Great Plains... Continue Reading
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December 21, 2000
21Dec2000
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Streaming media giant issues profits warning
Real Networks, the streaming media software company has joined the profits warning club. It’s Q4 revenues were predicted to be around $59m. Despite 33%... Continue Reading -
December 20, 2000
20Dec2000
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Ginny jumps for charity
Capital Software employee Ginny Smethurst recently raised £500 for Mencap (the Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults) after... Continue Reading -
December 20, 2000
20Dec2000
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Tech suppliers hit by stock slump
Technology shares crashed to their lowest level since the summer of 1999 yesterday in what was the seventh biggest point slide in the Nasdaq composite index's... Continue Reading -
December 20, 2000
20Dec2000
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Speaker slams political cyber tricks
The speaker of the House of Commons has ordered political parties to end "dirty tricks" campaigns being fought over the Internet between political... Continue Reading -
December 20, 2000
20Dec2000
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New appointment at Parity
IT recruitment agency, Parity Resources has appointed Jeff Brooks as its resourcing services director.Brooks, who has 30 years experience in the...
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December 20, 2000
20Dec2000
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BA drops e-commerce £6 million project
British Airways has pulled the plug on a major Web site development with 25 staff expected to lose their jobs Continue Reading
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December 20, 2000
20Dec2000
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Users voice fears over cybertapping
The National Criminal Intelligence Service wants data records kept for up to seven years Continue Reading
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December 20, 2000
20Dec2000
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Icann names some names
Will the new top-level domain names free up or foul up the unity of the Internet? Continue Reading
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December 20, 2000
20Dec2000
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CityJobs now offering Web-based training
On-line recruitment service CityJobs.com is offering its users easy access to a comprehensive selection of web-based training courses through a link on its... Continue Reading -
December 20, 2000
20Dec2000
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Data Protection: Act now to protect your firm
The Data Protection Act 1998 came into force in March and businesses have until October 2001 to become compliant with its... Continue Reading
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December 19, 2000
19Dec2000
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Iraq does not underestimate the power of the Playstation
US intelligence services fear that Saddam Hussein may be constructing a military supercomputer by networking thousands of PlayStation games... Continue Reading -
December 19, 2000
19Dec2000
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MPs praise BT's unbundling progress
MPs have delivered a vote of confidence in BT's ability to allow competition into its local exchanges. Continue Reading
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December 19, 2000
19Dec2000
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Doubt over 3G viability
Generally affordable third generation (3G) mobile phone services are at least four years away and only three types of service are... Continue Reading
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December 19, 2000
19Dec2000
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Digital divide on the increase
The "digital divide" between rich and poor is getting worse in the UK, according to a survey by the Office for National... Continue Reading
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December 19, 2000
19Dec2000
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Whatever happened to the paperless office?
When two decades ago Xerox announced that by the year 2000, we would live in a paperless world, many sceptics doubted this... Continue Reading
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December 18, 2000
18Dec2000
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Reinsurance giants create Internet exchange
Munich Re and Swiss Re, the world's largest reinsurance companies have joined forces to create an independent reinsurance... Continue Reading
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December 18, 2000
18Dec2000
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A&L shelves stand-alone web bank plan
Mortgage bank Alliance & Leicester has shelved its plans to launch a stand-alone Internet bank aimed a band of mass affluent customers.The bank was...
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December 18, 2000
18Dec2000
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Anti-virus suppliers Symantec and Axent merge
Internet security provider Symantec, which produces Norton anti-virus software, and Axent Technologies, which focuses on the commercial computer security... Continue Reading -
December 18, 2000
18Dec2000
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Sema suffers sharp share drop
A 10% fall in the share price of software and services company Sema has raised questions about the company's financial stability.Sema, responsible...
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December 17, 2000
17Dec2000
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Indian developer scoops parliament software contract
The Scottish Parliament has awarded a contract worth in excess of £5 million to Indian Software developer, Wipro, to provide IT support services and... Continue Reading -
December 17, 2000
17Dec2000
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Investigation follows office email scandal
London law firm, Norton Rose, has begun an investigation into email abuse after an explicit personal email found its way on to the Internet.The...
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December 17, 2000
17Dec2000
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Breathe takes last breath
Breathe.com, the high profile Internet Service Provider (ISP), has gone into administration Continue Reading
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December 17, 2000
17Dec2000
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Forty-one suspended over lewd e-mail
Forty-one members of staff at Royal & Sun Alliance have been suspended after an e-mail containing a lewd spoof of cartoon character Bart Simpson was circulated... Continue Reading -
December 14, 2000
14Dec2000
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Microsoft suffers from global economic chill
Microsoft has joined the growing band of IT suppliers posting revised earnings estimates due to the PC slowdown. Continue Reading
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December 14, 2000
14Dec2000
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Ted Baker launches into mobile commerce
Professionals needing a new shirt in a hurry will be able to buy online from Ted Baker using their PDAsThe retailer is making its business casual...
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December 14, 2000
14Dec2000
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Users just can't get enough of Oracle
Oracle users bought heavily into the corporation's full suite of e-business applications this year, lifting Oracle's application... Continue Reading
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December 14, 2000
14Dec2000
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Intel plans
Intel is planning to launch a raft of chips early next year next year, reports have claimed.A new 1.3GHZ version of the Pentium 4 will allow PC...
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December 13, 2000
13Dec2000
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Internet future uncertain under new Bush administration
As George Bush was finally declared the winner of the hotly contested U.S. presidential election, a new research paper has concluded that the Texas... Continue Reading -
December 13, 2000
13Dec2000
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Human rights groups protest at international cybercrime treaty
A coalition of 22 US human rights and public policy organisations claim that the Council of Europe's latest draft of an... Continue Reading
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December 13, 2000
13Dec2000
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Bringing up Daddy
Almost three-quarters of 7-14 year olds teach their mums and dads how to use computers, a new survey has revealed. Continue Reading
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December 13, 2000
13Dec2000
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My true love gave to me
What to buy for Christmas? Never mind partridges, hens and doves, let Xtra!'s gadget reviewer, Paul Smith, guide you through the... Continue Reading
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December 13, 2000
13Dec2000
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Learning from a distance
A learning provider has developed a way to enable students to acquire qualifications in information technology from the comfort of their own... Continue Reading -
December 13, 2000
13Dec2000
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Old computers: the Epson HX-20
We have received reader feedback on old computer kit. Here are more fond memories... Continue Reading
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December 13, 2000
13Dec2000
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Online, in season and over here
It seems strange that more people than ever before are buying Christmas presents online in the year of the dotcom disaster. James... Continue Reading
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December 13, 2000
13Dec2000
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The year of the bug that failed to bite
When you look back over your life years from now, slouched in your bath chair at the Twilight Home for Bewildered IT... Continue Reading
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December 13, 2000
13Dec2000
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There's 47 per cent born every minute
Some 47 per cent of people with access to the internet would be prepared to use a single website to manage all of their finances,... Continue Reading
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December 13, 2000
13Dec2000
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Will yule log on for Xmas?
Daniel ThomasOver half of the respondents to this week's seasonal Computer Weekly/Harvey Nash Big Question said they had no plans to...
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December 13, 2000
13Dec2000
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Woolworths online operation remains stable as catalogue falters
James RogersWoolworths' online operation has emerged unscathed from problems affecting the company's long-established catalogue orders...
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December 13, 2000
13Dec2000
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Irish ITers smiling
Following the successful launch of its Dublin branch two years ago, recruitment company Hays IT has opened an office in Belfast to capitalise on the... Continue Reading -
December 13, 2000
13Dec2000
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Bosses unaware of vulnerability of networks to security breaches
Bosses of UK organisations are unaware of how vulnerable their networks are to IT security attacks, reports vnunet. Continue Reading
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December 13, 2000
13Dec2000
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Reclining in the IT driving seat
Project management is the driving force behind today's successful businesses, writes Nick Langley Continue Reading
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December 13, 2000
13Dec2000
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Rullion meets Nemesis: partnership to benefit clients
Recruitment group Rullion is to integrate Nemesis, a web-based software application developed by Halcyon Internet, throughout its operation in an effort to... Continue Reading -
December 13, 2000
13Dec2000
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AOL/Time Warner merger in the balance
The Federal Trade Commission is expected to decide today whether to approve the merger of America Online and Time Warner in a vote that could ignite a rush... Continue Reading -
December 13, 2000
13Dec2000
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Making temping into a job for life
Venetia Thompson meets a father of three who pioneered the Web's first end-to-end recruitment service Continue Reading
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December 13, 2000
13Dec2000
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Where are m-people?
Internet service companies may regard m-commerce applications as a key component of their future business, but majority lack the relevant in-house... Continue Reading -
December 13, 2000
13Dec2000
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Strategy Clinic: Should we host our own web site?
Our experts give you the low-down on the pitfalls of hosting a web site in-house; and on who should pick up the tab for ERP... Continue Reading
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December 12, 2000
12Dec2000
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BskyB offers interactive services
BskyB has launched a Sky Text service, available to the four million digital subscribers in the UK, which includes interactive capabilities allowing... Continue Reading -
December 12, 2000
12Dec2000
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Computer giants clash on Internet data language
Microsoft and Sun Microsystems have clashed over control of the Extensible Markup Language (XML).XML has evolved as a standard way to share data...
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December 12, 2000
12Dec2000
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Credit cards hacked in the US
A thief has hacked into the US based Creditcards.com to expose more than 55,000 credit card numbers on the Internet.The suspect exposed the credit...
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December 12, 2000
12Dec2000
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Oracle announces a raft of services in reply to Microsoft
Oracle has unveiled a raft of Internet services to compete with Microsoft's .Net initiative.The range, available now, includes Oracle 9i Dynamic...
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December 11, 2000
11Dec2000
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Banks cast their e-nets too wide
Wholesale banks lack a coherent e-business focus and are over-stretching their resources by investing in too many internet projects at once, a report ... Continue Reading -
December 11, 2000
11Dec2000
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Consolidation of fledgling ASP market will result in casualties
Few would argue that the rise to prominence of the application service provider (ASP) and the future of the ASP market was the... Continue Reading
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December 11, 2000
11Dec2000
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E-Slowcoaches fall prey to Cybersquatters
The finance industry is at risk from cybersquatters because companies in the sector are failing to register their brand names on the internet, according to... Continue Reading -
December 10, 2000
10Dec2000
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Intel and IBM to boost processor performance
Intel and IBM will this week separately announce new technologies and manufacturing processes to make chips that are as much as 10 times faster than... Continue Reading -
December 10, 2000
10Dec2000
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Four found guilty of insider trading
A US court has found four people guilty in connection with a civil insider-trading case related to IBM's takeover of Lotus Development in 1995, according to US... Continue Reading -
December 10, 2000
10Dec2000
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Intel's revenue gloom lifted by new chip announcement
A world economic slowdown was blamed for Friday's warning from Intel that Q4 revenues would be flat, contrary to analysts' previous prediction of 4 to 8... Continue Reading -
December 10, 2000
10Dec2000
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Online payment systems secured
Identrus, the Internet security company backed by leading banks, has launched a system enabling bank customers to complete large transactions online.The...
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December 10, 2000
10Dec2000
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Microsoft changes features on Offices 10
Microsoft has dropped two features from its next generation Office suite for Windows, a move which could affect its .Net... Continue Reading
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December 07, 2000
07Dec2000
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Intel moves into wireless and speeds up signal coding
Intel, in conjunction with Analog Devices, has made its first move into the wireless communications market with its development... Continue Reading
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December 07, 2000
07Dec2000
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Spotlight: Adaptec USBXchange
If you want to move drives or devices between machines and are unwilling to open your PC to add a SCSI card, Adaptec may have the... Continue Reading
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December 07, 2000
07Dec2000
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Jobs go as Unisys bails out of PCs
Unisys, the computer services company, plans to lay off 5% of its workforce and get out of the PC supply business.The move follows profit warnings...
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December 07, 2000
07Dec2000
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Contractors stick with it
Contrary to industry expectations, IR35 has not resulted in a "mass migration" of contractors to permanent employment, reports IT recruitment agency,... Continue Reading -
December 07, 2000
07Dec2000
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Banks warned to be wary of exposure to 3G
The high cost of third generation mobile phone licences has raised fears that banks may no longer be willing to supply the loans needed to pay for 3G... Continue Reading -
December 07, 2000
07Dec2000
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Blair hypocritical, says PCG
The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) has accused the Government of hypocrisy after Tony Blair announced that he intended to help small businesses "grow and... Continue Reading -
December 07, 2000
07Dec2000
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Christmas is cancelled
The US division of Japanese consumer giant, Sony Corporation, has axed the Christmas ad campaign for its e-commerce site, SonyStyle.com, amidst fears its... Continue Reading -
December 06, 2000
06Dec2000
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Legislate ISPs to aid police hunts, says NCIS
The National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) plan, dated 21 August 2000, urges the Home Office to put legislation in place quickly.Fast action...
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December 06, 2000
06Dec2000
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Retail technology goes back to its roots
IT directors from the big retail organisations are leaving their jobs and resurfacing at e-commerce companies. Is it just for the... Continue Reading
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December 06, 2000
06Dec2000
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Tainted source
Dai Davis explains why a source code deposit agreement won't necessarily save your bacon if your software's got a bug and the... Continue Reading
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December 06, 2000
06Dec2000
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How e-business marketing works
How do you make sure that the marketing budget that's burning a hole in your pocket doesn't end up being spent on a campaign that... Continue Reading
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December 06, 2000
06Dec2000
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Help for SMEs must be a priority
Small firms account for 99.5% of the total business population yet they seem to go unnnoticed. The Federation of Small Businesses... Continue Reading
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December 06, 2000
06Dec2000
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Government defiant despite mounting parliamentary pressure
The Government remains defiant in the face of mounting pressure to launch a fresh inquiry into the 1994 Chinook disaster following last week's Public... Continue Reading -
December 06, 2000
06Dec2000
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E-commerce: Going, going, gone
A new book explains how eBay transformed itself from a successful online venture into a household name. Mark Lewis got a sneak... Continue Reading
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December 06, 2000
06Dec2000
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Don't be the fall guy
Jeremy Ashworth explains how to free an IT department from a scapegoat role Continue Reading
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December 06, 2000
06Dec2000
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Driving home its own solution
When GM, Ford and Daimler Chrysler set up their e-procurement marketplace, Covisint, the German giant BMW chose not to join. Why... Continue Reading
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December 06, 2000
06Dec2000
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Egg says Visa deal is an e-first
Daniel ThomasInternet bank Egg is to implement credit card company Visa's e-commerce security programme, which, it says, makes it the...
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December 06, 2000
06Dec2000
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Farewell to the e-envoy
In his final interview as e-envoy Alex Allan talks to Mike Simons about success and what lies ahead Continue Reading
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December 06, 2000
06Dec2000
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Internet 2: the sequel
US academic and federal bodies are working to revolutionise the Internet. Expect to see Internet 2 coming to a screen near you,... Continue Reading
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December 06, 2000
06Dec2000
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Can the Net solve the problem of social exclusion?
Labour education and technology minister Michael Wills believes the Internet can solve social exclusion - but getting it wrong... Continue Reading
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December 06, 2000
06Dec2000
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B2B business is booming
If industry observers are right, B2B marketplaces look set to revolutionise the way in which businesses deal with each other Continue Reading
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December 06, 2000
06Dec2000
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Beware Web design claims
Bill GoodwinIT directors were urged to think carefully before choosing a Web design company following allegations that some firms are...
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December 06, 2000
06Dec2000
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Is the exchange shakedown on the way?
During E-Business Month, Computer Weekly and Asera co-hosted a round-table discussion on the future of B2B exchanges. Paul Mason... Continue Reading
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December 06, 2000
06Dec2000
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DotSmart launched
Microsoft has launched a new e-commerce initiative, dubbed DotSmart, which the company says is designed to help technical... Continue Reading
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December 06, 2000
06Dec2000
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E skills for the future?
Jane Dudman explains how young people in Newham have the chance to be apprentices in a scheme to lessen the blow of the IT skills... Continue Reading
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December 06, 2000
06Dec2000
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Europe blows the wireless lead
Overly concerned with security issues, European companies have been overtaken by the US in allowing staff to access corporate... Continue Reading
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December 06, 2000
06Dec2000
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Desperately seeking liquidity
Roberta Kowalishin, vice-president of technology ventures at chemical exchange Chematch.com, explains why "liquidity" has become... Continue Reading
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December 06, 2000
06Dec2000
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Shop around for an e-marketplace
Liz Warren asks how SMEs can trade through B2B e-marketplaces in competition with large multinational companies. Continue Reading
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December 06, 2000
06Dec2000
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Overseas labour: Full of eastern promise
India is churning out more skilled IT workers than it needs. Rob McLuhan explains how this pool of talent could help meet your... Continue Reading