November 2000

Online retailers face prospect of bumper Christmas

Online purchasing in the UK has doubled in the last 12 months.

Since January, the number of Internet consumers has risen from 2.3 million (5.1% of...

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

Ericsson stakes future on mobile Internet

Ericsson is staking its future on its prediction that the mobile Internet will soon outstrip fixed access, writes Antony Adshead  Continue Reading

Experts slam IF's Net tests

Nick Huber Analysts have raised concerns over the testing methods used by Internet bank Intelligent Finance (IF) ahead of its...  Continue Reading

Elata helps firms manage mobile workforce

Companies now have an easier option when it comes to managing mobile devices and the applications that run on them, writes Antony...  Continue Reading

Netscape 6 uses open source to battle MS

Netscape has released version six of its browser, developed in conjunction with open source developers, which it hopes will help...  Continue Reading

Mister 10%

E-visionaries: There are dozens of e-marketplaces emerging to let large corporations trade their surplus inventory. But when the...  Continue Reading

Interpol puts heat on the cyberbeat

Governments can't do it, so Interpol's boss is enlisting the private sector. Rod Sweet reports  Continue Reading

How long before switching jobs?

I left university last year with a MSc conversion in computer studies. I am now a validation engineer for a data management systems company. After eight...  Continue Reading

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

Icann sets up .biz and .pro

Daniel Thomas

The Internet's governing body has announced seven new suffixes in an attempt to reduce the competition for Internet...

HP unveils new Wap management tools

Hewlett-Packard has announced new software to manage Wap servers using its Openview Network management suite, writes Will Garside.

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Getting the SMS-sage across

The freshest concept in viral marketing is currently in action at Thurrock's Lakeside shopping centre. A new mobile marketing...  Continue Reading

Getting returns from e-procurement

Paul Donovan discovers that if companies choose the right areas and are prepared to be patient, e-procurement can offer...  Continue Reading

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...

Mainframe users save on software

James Rogers

IBM S/390 users moving to the new z900 mainframe and z/OS stand to make massive savings in software licensing charges,...

RIP Act nominated for Big Brother awards

Daniel Thomas

The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act is set to gain further notoriety as an unnecessarily invasive piece of...