February 2000

February 27, 2000 27 Feb'00
Can the Internet ever be 100 per cent secure?

Recent attacks on companies like Yahoo! and Amazon.com have raised fears that no-one is safe from hackers, but how much damage... Continue Reading
February 23, 2000 23 Feb'00
Recruitment site in personal data leak

Bill Goodwin
A leading UK recruitment consultancy this week had to install emergency security measures to block public access to personal...
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February 23, 2000 23 Feb'00
Working in Scotland has its own rewards

Michael Hughes enjoys the benefits of the countryside while developing cutting edge software technology Continue Reading

February 23, 2000 23 Feb'00
Warning: ITcan damage your health

This month's IT Direc- tor's Forum at the Cranfield School of Management challenged IT directors to repos-ition stress... Continue Reading
February 23, 2000 23 Feb'00
Win2000 - don't forget the software

Danny Bradbury looks at complementary technologies being lined up to take advantage of Windows 2000 Continue Reading
February 23, 2000 23 Feb'00
Using e-commerce to get to the board

The Woolwich is tipped as the technology leader in its sector and e-commerce is placing its ITdirector firmly in the hot seat,... Continue Reading
February 23, 2000 23 Feb'00
Radical new-look for PCs

Lindsay Clark
Hewlett-Packard and Compaq are set to change the face of desktop PCs with the launch of radical new designs. Both suppliers...
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February 23, 2000 23 Feb'00
Rolling with Windows 2000: the fun begins

With Windows 2000 finally here, some brave souls will want to implement it straight away. Danny Bradbury provides a step-by-step... Continue Reading
February 23, 2000 23 Feb'00
Intel bugged by memory problems

Matthew Thomas
Intel's latest chipsets have been plagued with another bug related to memory chips. This will affect some server...
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February 23, 2000 23 Feb'00
Mobile devices could outsell wristwatches

This week sees the start of CeBIT, Europe's largest technology event, and mobile computing is dominating. Continue Reading

February 23, 2000 23 Feb'00
Auditor lambasts council IS group

Auditor highlights a catalogue of poor practice in Cornwall council's Information Services Group Continue Reading
February 23, 2000 23 Feb'00
Legal loophole set to cut supplier power

Despite a legal loophole which swings the balance of power to users, litigation over software licencing is still an unattractive... Continue Reading
February 23, 2000 23 Feb'00
IT outpaces the economy

Paul Mason
IT budgets grew 18% in the last quarter of 1999 soaring ahead of overall economic growth, which stood at 3%.

The...
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February 23, 2000 23 Feb'00
Insuring success in paperless working

There can't be many industries where the back office is more traditionally paper-based than in the insurance business. So if any... Continue Reading
February 23, 2000 23 Feb'00
IBM-Symbian link up for business Wap tools

IBM and Symbian have formed an alliance to provide offline business software for mobile phones, writes Guy Campos Continue Reading
February 23, 2000 23 Feb'00
IBM flexible server for 64-bit Windows

Cliff Saran
IBM is developing an IA-64 server capable of running 64-bit versions of Linux, Windows 2000 and the forthcoming 64-bit...
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February 23, 2000 23 Feb'00
Directors face e-laws overload

David Bicknel explains why IT directors are struggling to stay on top of e-commerce legislation from Westminster and Brussels Continue Reading
February 23, 2000 23 Feb'00
Hard work ahead as councils forced to comply with the new Data Protection Act

Complying with the new Data Protection Act will prove time consuming for local authority IT departments, directors have warned.

Although there is no...
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February 23, 2000 23 Feb'00
Don't cry for me IT reader

Karl Feilder
Ground Zero

Arather long journey comes to a cold end

The ice wind ended its long journey from the...
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February 23, 2000 23 Feb'00
Dell shows off new wireless technology

Dell has demonstrated wireless networking technology which will be available for its notebook PCs by April 2000, writes Caroline... Continue Reading

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