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2000 Stories
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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...
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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...
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December 17, 2000
17Dec2000
News
Breathe takes last breath
Breathe.com, the high profile Internet Service Provider (ISP), has gone into administration Continue Reading
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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 -
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
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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...
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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
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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
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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...
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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November 29, 2000
29Nov2000
News
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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November 29, 2000
29Nov2000
News
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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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
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November 22, 2000
22Nov2000
News
Caught red handed by latest police IT
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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
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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
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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 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
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
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November 22, 2000
22Nov2000
In Depth
Legacy skills still in demand
Ross BentleyThe dwindling number of job advertisements for legacy skills belies the need for old-world skills in the brave new world of...
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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
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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
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
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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
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November 22, 2000
22Nov2000
In Depth
Independent inquiry into Chinook crash
Tony CollinsAn independent inquiry into the Chinook helicopter crash in 1994 is likely to be launched by the House of Lords. It will...
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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
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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
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November 15, 2000
15Nov2000
News
National IT skills strategy a 'missed opportunity'
Bill GoodwinA government-backed plan to create a national strategy for IT skills for the UK has been described as a "missed...
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November 15, 2000
15Nov2000
News
Sema UK loses chief
Nick HuberJohn Tilley has left Sema Group, where he was managing director, to head up outsourcing consultancy Mim Ecom.
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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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
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November 13, 2000
13Nov2000
In Depth
E-business directions
Professor Martin Healey on evolving e-business Continue Reading
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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...
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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
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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...
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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
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
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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
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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
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
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November 01, 2000
01Nov2000
News
Blair criticised for failure to meet Chinook campaigners
Tony CollinsThe prime minister was criticised in the House of Commons this week for not meeting a delegation of senior MPs and peers over the...
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November 01, 2000
01Nov2000
News
Single system for Hull data
Antony AdsheadHull City Council is consolidating data currently held in about 200 different systems into one database and is...
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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
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November 01, 2000
01Nov2000
News
What is QAZ?
James RogersThe Trojan QAZ was first seen during the summer, according to anti-virus organisation Sophos.
It is a "backdoor...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
IT man on the 5am ferry as Horizon reaches Orkney
James RogersPost Offices in two of the most isolated parts of the UK are the latest to go live as part of the Horizon counter...
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October 25, 2000
25Oct2000
News
Revenue polls staff to determine IT priorities
Mike SimonsThe Inland Revenue is consulting staff on their attitudes to IT, following a series of high-profile problems in recent...
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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
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
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October 25, 2000
25Oct2000
News
National access to NHS Direct kiosks
Eric DoyleThe NHS is fulfilling its promise to provide wider access to NHS Direct with the opening of 153 public access points sited...
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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
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
Barclaycard in £40m smartcard deal
Daniel ThomasAs part of its commitment to issue smartcards to all customers by 2003, Barclays Merchant Services (BMS) has signed a...
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October 25, 2000
25Oct2000
News
Bluetooth-enabled server is launched
Daniel ThomasThe first Bluetooth enabled access server has been released by Red-M, a subsidiary of Madge Networks.
The Red-M 3000AS access...
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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
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
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October 25, 2000
25Oct2000
News
MPs fight on for independent Chinook inquiry
As peers and MPs rally to the cause for a new independent inquiry, former defence minister Malcolm Rifkind is among those to criticise the reasons for the... Continue Reading -
October 18, 2000
18Oct2000
In Depth
Going mobile: the next step to pervasive computing
Nick Langley measures the gap between hype and reality as mobile computing takes us into the pervasive era Continue Reading
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October 18, 2000
18Oct2000
In Depth
How to scour the world when outsourcing
Thanks to Y2K compliance programmes, it is now perfectly acceptable for a firm to consider moving all or part of its systems development and support... Continue Reading -
October 18, 2000
18Oct2000
News
IBM suppliers told to adopt e-procurement
Antony AdsheadIBM has told its 45,000-plus suppliers to adopt paperless working or risk losing contracts. A letter to its suppliers...
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October 18, 2000
18Oct2000
News
Simple measures boost bank security
Nick HuberFinancial services companies can tighten-up security in the space of a few months by installing an e-mail encryption...
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