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December 27, 2000 27Dec2000 News

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 18, 2000 18Dec2000 News

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...

December 18, 2000 18Dec2000 In Depth

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...

December 17, 2000 17Dec2000 News

Breathe takes last breath

Breathe.com, the high profile Internet Service Provider (ISP), has gone into administration Continue Reading

December 13, 2000 13Dec2000 News

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

December 13, 2000 13Dec2000 In Depth

Old computers: the Epson HX-20

We have received reader feedback on old computer kit. Here are more fond memories... Continue Reading

December 13, 2000 13Dec2000 News

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 10, 2000 10Dec2000 News

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 07, 2000 07Dec2000 News

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 News

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 News

Euro raises UKB2B fears

Is the euro a help or a hindrance for UKB2B plans, asks Ross Bentley Continue Reading

December 06, 2000 06Dec2000 News

Citizen Portal gets beta launch

The online Citizen Portal, the UK site where the public can access government information and services on the Web, has finally been... Continue Reading

December 06, 2000 06Dec2000 News

Users call time on PC renewal

Time Computers denies reports this week that it is in refinancing talks with its backer HSBC Continue Reading

December 06, 2000 06Dec2000 In Depth

The VPN dilemma

With traditional networks choking on data, Liz Biddlecombe investigates the pros and cons of managing a VPN yourself or... Continue Reading

December 06, 2000 06Dec2000 In Depth

Top Ten UK Websites

The August figures from Internet audience measurement company MMXI Europe reveal that more than 10.5 million people in the UK... Continue Reading

December 06, 2000 06Dec2000 In Depth

A global web presence: the best protection against extinction

If you're not already a global business with a Web presence, be aware that times they are a-changing. Peter Guthrie warns against... Continue Reading

December 06, 2000 06Dec2000 In Depth

Dealing with staff Internet abuse

With misuse of the Net costing business £2.5m a year, firms have to act. Paul Grant considers the options Continue Reading

December 06, 2000 06Dec2000 In Depth

A real union in a virtual world?

Amazon faces the biggest unionisation drive the dotcom sector has ever seen. Mike Arrowsmith reports Continue Reading

December 06, 2000 06Dec2000 In Depth

B2B: Banking on Barclays

Alison Hutchinson, newly-appointed CEO of Barclays B2B.com, talks to David Bicknell Continue Reading

December 06, 2000 06Dec2000 In Depth

Post Office's £1m Lab project at the cutting edge

John Riley was invited to the Post Office's new Innovation Laboratory in Rugby. There, line managers are encouraged to open their... Continue Reading

December 05, 2000 05Dec2000 News

Apple joins list of glum PC vendors

Apple Computer is set to post its first losses for three years. Apple's news confirms it is now a buyers' market for desktop PCs. It follows revenue... Continue Reading

December 04, 2000 04Dec2000 In Depth

Overworked and underpaid

Getting the balance right between home and office is no easy task and there are many reasons why some people find it impossible... Continue Reading

December 04, 2000 04Dec2000 News

Sema troubles deepen

IT services company Sema yesterday postponed an analysts briefing into its disastrous performance and ordered an internal inquiry into share dealing by a... Continue Reading

November 30, 2000 30Nov2000 News

Mull of Kintyre MPs call on Blair to end Chinook deadlock

Mull of Kintyre Group of MPs calls on the prime minister to clear the pilots of blame for the 1994 Chinook crash Continue Reading

November 30, 2000 30Nov2000 In Depth

Chinook response sends "wrong signal" to software industry

As defence secretary Geoff Hoon rubbished the Public Accounts Committee report into the 1994 Chinook disaster, an MP at the centre of the case...

November 30, 2000 30Nov2000 News

Big Blue offers security belt and braces algorithm

IBM has developed a new algorithm that simultaneously encrypts and authenticates information.

The new algorithm should simplify the previous approach...

November 30, 2000 30Nov2000 News

Chinook: a breach of natural justice

MPs slam MoD over 1994 crash whitewash. Software, not pilot error, could have killed 29 Continue Reading

November 30, 2000 30Nov2000 News

Transmeta confirms notebook chip recall

Transmeta confirmed yesterday that it is working with Japanese computer maker NEC to recall notebook computers which may contain... Continue Reading

November 30, 2000 30Nov2000 News

Armed forces morale hit by Chinook say MPs

MPs said yesterday that the Government's refusal to move on the Public Accounts Committee report on the 1994 Chinook crash was hitting armed forces morale.... Continue Reading

November 29, 2000 29Nov2000 News

IBM faces racism claim

Roisin Woolnough

A former research associate at IBM is taking the company to court claiming race discrimination.

Kevin Marsh...

November 29, 2000 29Nov2000 News

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... Continue Reading

November 29, 2000 29Nov2000 News

MPs boost Chinook fight

At first glance, today's report by MPs of the PublicAccounts Committee (PAC) tells the story of flawed engine control software on the Chinook Mk2 helicopter Continue Reading

November 29, 2000 29Nov2000 In Depth

Computer Weekly's evidence to the Public Accounts Committee

We write to the Public Accounts Committee in relation to its consideration of the Chinook's FADEC computerised engine control... Continue Reading

November 29, 2000 29Nov2000 In Depth

Chinook report slams flawed MoD procurement methods

Public Accounts Committee report into fatal crash of a Chinook Mk2 helicopter focused on a report by independent contractor EDS-Scicon, which was hired to assess the Chinook’s Fadec engine control system Continue Reading

November 29, 2000 29Nov2000 News

Thieves strike at Deutsche Bank

Bill Goodwin

City of London Police have launched an investigation after thieves stole computer equipment, worth an estimated £1m, from...

November 29, 2000 29Nov2000 In Depth

A thoroughly modern e-apprenticeship

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

November 22, 2000 22Nov2000 News

IT skills give hope to the homeless

A London charity is offering IT training to help the homeless get off the streets, writes Daniel Thomas Continue Reading

November 22, 2000 22Nov2000 In Depth

Independent inquiry into Chinook crash

Tony Collins

An independent inquiry into the Chinook helicopter crash in 1994 is likely to be launched by the House of Lords. It will...

November 22, 2000 22Nov2000 In Depth

How to conduct an e-project

The key difference between an e-project and a traditional one is time. Julia Vowler explains what this means for managing the... Continue Reading

November 22, 2000 22Nov2000 News

ITers must become e-people

E-skills are becoming more sought after, with 60% of capacity-planning jobs now requiring e-expertise. Nicholas Enticknap reports... Continue Reading

November 22, 2000 22Nov2000 News

Caught red handed by latest police IT

November 22, 2000 22Nov2000 In Depth

Legacy skills still in demand

Ross Bentley

The dwindling number of job advertisements for legacy skills belies the need for old-world skills in the brave new world of...

November 22, 2000 22Nov2000 In Depth

PSA: Time and motion in the services sector

Anyone that visited the Project World exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham last week can’t have failed to pick up on another... Continue Reading

November 22, 2000 22Nov2000 In Depth

Bandwidth at the speed of light

As firms struggle for network capacity, a new laser product could be the solution Continue Reading

November 22, 2000 22Nov2000 News

Pirate software seized in bid to stop auction sales

Police and trading standards officers have raided a South London address at the centre of an operation which sold pirated business software worth millions of... Continue Reading

November 22, 2000 22Nov2000 News

Call for contractor training help

The Association of Technology Staffing Companies (ATSCo) has called on the Government to create training incentives for independent IT contractors, saying... Continue Reading

November 22, 2000 22Nov2000 In Depth

Dawn of the age of smart assets

New technologies can transform the management of assets to make them more productive and less costly to maintain. Annie Gurton... Continue Reading

November 22, 2000 22Nov2000 News

E-commerce boom creating 1,000 Java vacancies a month

The e-commerce boom is creating new Java vacancies at a rate of more than 1,000 a month, according to our SSP "e-people" survey. There has never been a... Continue Reading

November 16, 2000 16Nov2000 Opinion

Solution: Internet misuse at work

Like the technology, Internet abuse appears to have proliferated in recent years. There are, however, two ways to tackle this... Continue Reading

November 15, 2000 15Nov2000 News

Wap usage: Planes, phones and automobiles

So your globe-trotting executives want to change their itineraries in mid-journey and need to check that their revised schedules still fit with corporate... Continue Reading

November 15, 2000 15Nov2000 News

National IT skills strategy a 'missed opportunity'

Bill Goodwin

A government-backed plan to create a national strategy for IT skills for the UK has been described as a "missed...

November 15, 2000 15Nov2000 News

Sema UK loses chief

Nick Huber

John Tilley has left Sema Group, where he was managing director, to head up outsourcing consultancy Mim Ecom.

Tilley...

November 15, 2000 15Nov2000 News

Short-term solutions cannot plug skills gap

Despite all the good intentions of the Stevens report into the IT skills crisis, we are making very slow progress. Karen Price, head of the E-skills... Continue Reading

November 15, 2000 15Nov2000 News

Did MoD deceive RAF inquiry?

New information shows that the Ministry of Defence withheld information from an air chief marshal about software flaws that could... Continue Reading

November 15, 2000 15Nov2000 News

Turning retail into e-tail

Retailers have had to hit the ground running where online shopping is concerned. As recently as Christmas 1998, they were still... Continue Reading

November 15, 2000 15Nov2000 In Depth

MoD kept RAF chief in the dark

New evidence shows that the air chief marshal who blamed the pilots for the Chinook crash on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994 was not given potentially vital information related to the helicopter's safety-critical software Continue Reading

November 15, 2000 15Nov2000 News

Symbian gambles its future on take-up of 3G

Handheld operating system developer Symbian claimed to have reached a major milestone last week. The company, which was formed by Ericsson, Nokia,... Continue Reading

November 15, 2000 15Nov2000 News

Compaq out, Microsoft in on Gateway project

Cabinet Office announces it is going to manage the Government Gateway project and join up Whitehall's back-office IT systems itself Continue Reading

November 15, 2000 15Nov2000 In Depth

Tackling Internet misuse at work

Like the technology, Internet abuse appears to have proliferated in recent years. There are, however, two ways to tackle this... Continue Reading

November 13, 2000 13Nov2000 In Depth

AS/400: the host with the most?

Question: which IBM server range can run applications written for Windows NT and 2000, Novell NetWare, Aix and OS/2 as well as... Continue Reading

November 13, 2000 13Nov2000 In Depth

E-business directions

Professor Martin Healey on evolving e-business Continue Reading

November 08, 2000 08Nov2000 News

IBM offers storage on demand for e-business

IBM customers can now buy storage on demand for their disc and tape subsystems, writes James Rogers. Continue Reading

November 08, 2000 08Nov2000 In Depth

Pitfalls of e-government: a joined-up approach is needed

The Government has pledged £1bn to create public sector e-services, but if its eagerness to invest is not properly targeted we... Continue Reading

November 08, 2000 08Nov2000 News

Police deficiencies put SMEs at risk of attack

An influential lobbying group is urging the government to give local police forces the resources and training to help small businesses tackle computer crime Continue Reading

November 08, 2000 08Nov2000 News

BCS members may break the law to protect society

Professional bodies are needed to protect not only the interests of society as a whole but also those of their own members - and sometimes those members... Continue Reading

November 08, 2000 08Nov2000 News

Interview: GartnerGroup European chief Helen Mumford

Helen Mumford, the new European head of analysis and research organisation GartnerGroup believes the role of IT is changing and the chief information... Continue Reading

November 08, 2000 08Nov2000 In Depth

Cross-platform integration

Corba is implemented in hundreds of operating systems and networking products, writes Nick Langley Continue Reading

November 08, 2000 08Nov2000 News

US government ups IT staff salaries 33%

The US government has announced that it will raise the salaries of its technology workers by up to 33% in a bid to compete with the private sector.

The...

November 08, 2000 08Nov2000 In Depth

More than the cost of a first class stamp

When it teamed up with the Post Office and Benefits Agency to tackle fraud, ICL Pathway found it had more to worry about than a... Continue Reading

November 08, 2000 08Nov2000 News

UBS Warburg rolls out new financial system

UBS Warburg, the investment banking arm of Swiss financial services company UBS, has just completed the implementation of a streamlined financial... Continue Reading

November 08, 2000 08Nov2000 News

ASPs vital to e-trade growth

Application service providers (ASPs) should form an integral part of future e-business projects, Gartner Group has urged.

Predicting the e-business...

November 01, 2000 01Nov2000 News

Software expert attacks MoD's 'preposterous' Chinook claims

The Ministry of Defence's latest claim that there is 'no doubt' over the cause of the Chinook helicopter crash have raised... Continue Reading

November 01, 2000 01Nov2000 In Depth

Tags take on the barcode

Radio frequency tags could be the technology that kills off the barcode. Bill Goodwin explains how they work and what is holding... Continue Reading

November 01, 2000 01Nov2000 News

What is QAZ?

James Rogers

The Trojan QAZ was first seen during the summer, according to anti-virus organisation Sophos.

It is a "backdoor...

November 01, 2000 01Nov2000 In Depth

Pathway and the Post Office: the lessons learned

The infamous 1996-1999 Pathway project aimed to computerise the nation’s post offices and tackle benefit fraud. But 18 months... Continue Reading

November 01, 2000 01Nov2000 News

BA in major network switch

British Airways is to outsource the design, implementation and management of an all-new IP-based network to Siemens Network Systems Continue Reading

November 01, 2000 01Nov2000 News

Blair criticised for failure to meet Chinook campaigners

Tony Collins

The prime minister was criticised in the House of Commons this week for not meeting a delegation of senior MPs and peers over the...

November 01, 2000 01Nov2000 News

Phone-to-laptop software opens up mobile Internet

Software that allows users to connect mobile phones to their laptops in order to read e-mail, faxes, text messages and surf the Internet has been launched by... Continue Reading

November 01, 2000 01Nov2000 News

Single system for Hull data

Antony Adshead

Hull City Council is consolidating data currently held in about 200 different systems into one database and is...

November 01, 2000 01Nov2000 News

Users query ASP

Fewer than a fifth of IT decision-makers in the UK, France and Germany are considering purchasing applications from an application service provider (ASP), with... Continue Reading

November 01, 2000 01Nov2000 In Depth

The Internet: backbone to the future

The Internet simply wouldn't function if it wasn't for the various "backbone" networks. Danny Bradbury takes a look at a marvel... Continue Reading

November 01, 2000 01Nov2000 News

Microsoft left reeling by Trojan horse sabateur

Security breach at Microsoft HQ has implications for all IT workers Continue Reading

November 01, 2000 01Nov2000 In Depth

Up close and personal: Jeet Singh

Jeet Singh is one of the US' richest e-millionaires. His software house, ATG, is taking on big names like Broadvision in the... Continue Reading

October 30, 2000 30Oct2000 News

Former ilion chairman returns to spearhead launch of Asita

Former ilion chairman Wayne Channon has returned to the IT industry — but steered clear of the distribution channel — by taking on the... Continue Reading

October 25, 2000 25Oct2000 News

PCG makes its mark in public

Representative body, the Professional Contractors Group (PCG) began what it calls its "first public marketing exercise" last week when the organisation... Continue Reading

October 25, 2000 25Oct2000 News

Bluetooth-enabled server is launched

Daniel Thomas

The first Bluetooth enabled access server has been released by Red-M, a subsidiary of Madge Networks.

The Red-M 3000AS access...

October 25, 2000 25Oct2000 News

Sainsbury's IT staff want compensation

Trade unions are planning to press supermarket chain Sainsbury's for compensation for 900 IT staff transferring from the supermarket to Andersen... Continue Reading

October 25, 2000 25Oct2000 News

National access to NHS Direct kiosks

Eric Doyle

The NHS is fulfilling its promise to provide wider access to NHS Direct with the opening of 153 public access points sited...

October 25, 2000 25Oct2000 In Depth

MoD admits uncertainty over Mull Chinook crash

The Ministry of Defence has altered its stance on the fatal Chinook helicopter crash on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994, and now admits to uncertainty over the precise events leading up to accident Continue Reading

October 25, 2000 25Oct2000 News

New switches for e-commerce

Foundry has released two switches aimed at enterprise users and e-commerce operations as well as a core enterprise switch for behind the firewall, writes... Continue Reading

October 25, 2000 25Oct2000 News

Barclaycard in £40m smartcard deal

Daniel Thomas

As part of its commitment to issue smartcards to all customers by 2003, Barclays Merchant Services (BMS) has signed a...

October 25, 2000 25Oct2000 In Depth

To join or not to join?

Anyone who works in IT and wants to become a member of a professional IT organisation has several options. The trick is finding... Continue Reading

October 25, 2000 25Oct2000 News

Wap may yet dominate the world

Despite well-publicised shortcomings over its speed and lack of proper testing, Wap services are set to have half a billion users by 2002. Its legions of... Continue Reading

October 25, 2000 25Oct2000 News