August 2003

August 29, 2003 29 Aug'03
Tibco takes Apple to court over Rendezvous

Integration software maker Tibco Software has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Apple Computer, charging that... Continue Reading
August 29, 2003 29 Aug'03
Intel and Legend to set up Beijing research centre

Intel will set up a technology centre in Beijing with local computer maker Legend Group to research and develop secure computing... Continue Reading
August 29, 2003 29 Aug'03
CSC lands $342m outsourcing contract with Malaysia bank

Malaysia's Malayan Banking Berhad banking group will outsource a variety of IT tasks to Computer Sciences (CSC) in a 10-year deal... Continue Reading

August 29, 2003 29 Aug'03
Kazaa launches premium service

The developers of P2P file sharing program Kazaa have launched a fee-carrying version of the software, in an effort to shake off... Continue Reading
August 29, 2003 29 Aug'03
Gartner: Offshore BPO isn't 'one size fits all'

Organisations considering offshore business processing outsourcing (BPO) may discover that it is more appropriate to open their... Continue Reading
August 29, 2003 29 Aug'03
Your shout! On the danger to the UK economy of outsourcing

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August 28, 2003 28 Aug'03
Microsoft to boost corporate instant messaging

Microsoft's latest foray into instant messaging (IM) is expected to kick-start corporate adoption of the technology Continue Reading
August 28, 2003 28 Aug'03
Thought for the day: Speech will drive call centres

Despite the recent bad press, Chris Hart says that speech recognition software is the future of the call centre. Continue Reading
August 28, 2003 28 Aug'03
Server sales rise in Europe, Middle East and Africa

The server market in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) showed strong volume growth in the second quarter of this year,... Continue Reading
August 28, 2003 28 Aug'03
EarthLink sues spam and identity theft rings

EarthLink said it has filed suit against two unsolicited commercial e-mail rings with operations in the US and Canada. Continue Reading

August 28, 2003 28 Aug'03
EU software patent plan draws fire

A group of economists has blasted a proposed European Union law on software patents, claiming it would damage technological... Continue Reading
August 28, 2003 28 Aug'03
Norton AntiVirus protects against spyware and software piracy

Protecting users from spyware, key-logging programs and pirated software are the two latest features of Symantec’s Norton... Continue Reading
August 28, 2003 28 Aug'03
Stellent acquires Ancept for $2m

Content management supplier Stellent is broadening its product offerings to customers through an aquisition with Ancept. Continue Reading
August 28, 2003 28 Aug'03
Analytical software market is poised for growth

A study by IDC is predicting huge worldwide growth in the analytic application software market, with CRM analytics leading the... Continue Reading
August 28, 2003 28 Aug'03
Brazilian parliament edges towards open source

Brazil's federal government took its first steps towards embracing open-source software last week with its "Legislative Free... Continue Reading
August 28, 2003 28 Aug'03
BMC partners with data synchronisation firm

BMC Software is to partner with data synchronisation company GoldenGate, integrating its software with BMC's own line of database... Continue Reading
August 28, 2003 28 Aug'03
Court rules Broadcom chip infringes on rival

A court has ruled that a cable set-top box tuner chip manufactured by Broadcom infringes on a patent held by Microtune, and has... Continue Reading
August 28, 2003 28 Aug'03
SGI axes another 600 jobs to cut costs

Silicon Graphics (SGI) will cut another 600 jobs as part of its effort to reduce costs and focus on products that show the most... Continue Reading
August 28, 2003 28 Aug'03
University and IBM work on 'supercomputer' chip

IBM has predicted that a chip it is developing with the University of Texas at Austin could produce supercomputer-like... Continue Reading
August 28, 2003 28 Aug'03
Criminal charges will punish our customers, MCI/WorldCom claims

Telecommunications giant MCI claims charges brought against it by the Oklahoma attorney general will punish both the company and... Continue Reading