November 2000

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

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

IT specialists criticise taxman's defensiveness

In a formal statement issued last week, the Inland Revenue attacked Computer Weekly's exclusive revelations about the clearing...  Continue Reading

How much testing is needed before an e-commerce site goes live?

We are developing an e-commerce application in-house and have been approached several times by software testing suppliers warning us about the...  Continue Reading

Intel boycotts Bluetooth for own wireless comms

Intel has launched a set of wireless PC peripherals that uses its own short-range wireless communications technology rather than the emerging Bluetooth standard.  Continue Reading

Integration Tools: Click and stick

Low-level middleware isn't enough to cement your e-business systems to the rest of your organisation's IT. Philip Hunter offers a...  Continue Reading

ITers won't be headless chickens

Daniel Thomas

"It has got my managing director jumping up and down, but I am not running around like a headless chicken." That was the...

IT managers: see your lawyer - or you might end up facing one

Take a look at the size of salaries being offered for Internet-literate legal eagles - if they're not for you, they're liable to...  Continue Reading

IT bosses plot a course for success

At October's City IT and e.forum event, there was heady talk of deconstructing banks and launching an internal PR blitz. Rod...  Continue Reading

Cock, stock and smoking Javabeans

Roisin Woolnough sees how cock-fighting in Thailand led to Internet stock performance betting  Continue Reading

Dazed and confused SMEs miss out on Web benefits

Half of Britain's 3.7 million small businesses are failing to embrace the opportunities of the Internet because they are confused about how it could help their business  Continue Reading

Points mean prizes for smartcard students

Smartcard technology is encouraging Nottingham students to stay in education until the age of 19  Continue Reading

Life on the dotcom gold run

Only a short while ago, dotcoms were the place to be for IT professionals. The perception was of a dynamic, creative environment...  Continue Reading

New modules for Peoplesoft 8

Peoplesoft has announced new modules for its browser-based Peoplesoft 8 enterprise resource planning (ERP) suite, writes Antony...  Continue Reading

Protocol testing platform aids UMTS designers in 3G quest

Tektronix has released a protocol analysis platform that enables telecommunications equipment designers to develop and test...  Continue Reading

Is it too soon for Bluetooth?

The launch of a new Bluetooth server next month has IT pundits asking whether it is too soon to create a server market for the...  Continue Reading

XML One: a new language for government

New standards, skills shortages and unrealistic government targets. Danny Bradbury reports from the XML One conference  Continue Reading