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Thursday 14 September 2000

Legal experts dub Electronic Communications Act 'confusing'

Two top experts on IT law have today branded the government's Electronic Communication's Act 'confusing' on the issue of digital signatures.

CSC signs landmark union deal

US outsourcing giant Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) has signed a groundbreaking deal this week, giving its 7,000 UK staff official union representation.

Baltimore buys Mimesweeper for £700m

Irish security firm Baltimore Technologies will pay £702m for Content Technologies, the developer of Mimesweeper security software.

Microsoft loses another executive

A Microsoft veteran of 14 years, Paul Maritz, has become the latest executive to leave the company, putting his departure down to 'personal reasons'.

Lastminute.com brings in AdLINK to exploit ad sales

Lastminute.com has brought in advertising sales firm AdLINK to increase revenue created by online advertising.

Fuel crisis: BT puts engineer call-outs on hold

British Telecom this morning cancelled all customer appointments until further notice due to the UK fuel crisis.

Novell brings council services online for Bracknell

Novell has announced an e-government partnership agreement with Bracknell Forest Borough Council to deliver council services online to over 110,000 local citizens.

Fuel crisis: Waitrose shelves online delivery service

Waitrose has cancelled large parts of its online shopping service after the ongoing fuel crisis brought most of its delivery fleet to a halt.

PCs not PDAs to dominate ecommerce

PDAs and mobile phones will have virtually no impact on the European e-tail market, but the PC will account for more than 80 per cent of online retail business by 2005.

'Father of the web' defends the commercial net

Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with inventing the world wide web, used an exclusive interview with silicon.com to hit back at those who have berated the growing commercialism of the web.

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