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Friday 13 October 2000

E-envoy logs off

E-envoy Alex Allan departs his post today after an eventful year at the helm of the UK government's ecommerce strategy.

Corporate networks ready for ecommerce, say UK CIOs

The majority of UK IT directors have confidence in the ability of their networks to handle ecommerce traffic, despite the fact that over half battle bottlenecks in their personal use of the network.

Windows chief calls for GUI 'revolution'

The PC interface must develop into a multimedia platform where the user can interact with their machines through voice, video and even 3D images, according to Brian Valentine, VP of Microsoft's Windows division.

Xerox denies cash flow crisis

Xerox has dismissed rumours that it's suffering from acute cash flow problems and plans to file for creditor protection under the Chapter 11 regulations.

Data Protection Commissioner washes hands of Powergen

The Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) has no power to take action against Powergen over the security breach that left 7,000 customer debit card details unsecured on its web server in July.

McAfee bolsters SME servers with downtime beater

Anti-virus specialist McAfee this week expanded its offering in the small and medium-sized enterprise market with a range of products designed to monitor server congestion and downtime.

E-markets, Oftel and ICANN

Robin Bloor and his team of expert analysts take a look back at three of the week's biggest developments: the latest Oftel/BT pact, the latest emarkeplace research, and the future of domain names

FTSE to launch high-tech index

FTSE International, the company that maintains the list of the 100 top shares listed on the London Stock Exchange will next week launch an index of technology and telecommunications shares.

Behind the Headlines: EC was heavy handed in AOL/Time Warner decision

The European Commission has been criticised for interfering in the $135bn AOL-Time Warner merger.

Bookham shares take a plunge

Shares in fibre-optic specialist Bookham Technology dropped sharply in early trading today as a result of the general downturn in high-tech stocks.

The best of 'Reader Comments': AS/400 fans fight back

Last Thursday, we published a story on the back of a discussion which took place during our weekly Behind the Headlines programme. The discussion focussed on IBM's server platforms, in light of its recent re-branding exercise.

Gateway results beat analyst predictions

Gateway has narrowly beaten analysts' expectations after boosting third quarter earnings on the back of non-PC sales.

The world wide zzzzzzz

It's official (or so we're told by an MSN press release). Britain is bored with internet hype. Figures released by Microsoft's internet service show that the UK has had its fill of dot-com mania.

Morning Edition: Tumbling telecoms shares and vanishing e-tailers

The falling price of telecoms shares is threatening to lead to market stagnation, according to a report in today's Financial Times.


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