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Monday 25 September 2000

ERP RIP, SAP AOK?

SAP has gambled everything on reinventing itself as (wait for it) an ecommerce company.

Spain makes late bid to recover missed UMTS windfall

The Spanish government is to tax the use of radio spectrum space to compensate for poor returns on the sale of UMTS licences.

Digital TV giants under fire for patent violation

The leading lights of Europe's digital broadcasting industry have been threatened with court action for infringing 20 year-old security patents.

Fiserv denies data was accessed

Security software provider Fiserv is denying the central allegations made against it at the weekend by Sunday newspaper the Observer.

DSL 'too complex and costly' to be viable

Broadband access operators have vastly overestimated their business plans, which has led to delays in deployment

SAP reinvents itself with ecommerce offering

German ERP giant SAP has announced a major contract win for its flagship product, MySAP.com, as a result of a global marketing campaign to revamp itself as an ecommerce player.

Digital signatures get Post Office stamp of approval

The Post Office is to hand out free digital signatures to millions of UK consumers in a bid to increase the security of online transactions.

syzygy to defy internet stock predictions with IPO

Anglo-German internet company syzygy is preparing to float on the Frankfurt stock exchange early next month.

France Telecom in 'advanced stages' of Eircom purchase talks

France Telecom is in negotiations with Eircom over the purchase of a 29 per cent stake in the Irish telco.

UK users increasingly invest online

Over 3.4 million UK internet users are regularly banking, insuring and investing online.

Pixo mobile browser to challenge WAP

Pixo.com, a wireless software company based in Silicon Valley, has launched an internet microbrowser to challenge WAP.

Chipcard bank charges will smart

The introduction of smartcard banking systems in the UK is likely to lead to customers being hit with increased service charges, industry experts are warning.

Morning Edition 25.09.00

silicon.com's daily two-minute guide to the best ebusiness and IT stories from this morning's UK national newspapers.

Surfer uncovers 'millions' of online bank accounts

Consumer confidence on the internet will be tested again this week following revelations that bank details of more than 200 million account holders were freely accessible via the net.


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