December 2000

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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