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Friday 17 November 2000

Better this regulator than no regulator at all

At the end of what has been a very tough week for Oftel, talk has turned from giving the UK regulator a firm kick up the backside to removing it from the equation altogether.

Pentium 4 set for imminent release

The long-awaited Pentium 4 chip from Intel is due to be launched on Monday, according to the Wall Street Journal.

HP's OpenView to go through overhaul

Hewlett Packard (HP) is to restructure its OpenView suite of software into an integrated solution in an effort to capture a share of the e-services management market.

Children's charity gets silicon.com support

A charity aimed at helping the children of single parents is being prevented from expanding by a lack of IT equipment.

New Sainsbury's deal leaves Infosys feeling chilly

A £28m contract between supermarket giant J Sainsbury and Infosys Technologies could be in jeopardy following the retailer's decision to outsource its IT requirements to Andersen Consulting.

L&H results withdrawn as class action suit looms

Troubled Belgian software company Lernout & Hauspie (L&H) has had its auditor's accounting report for 1998 and 1999 results withdrawn.

Takeover talk causes Freeserve shares to shoot

Freeserve shares shot up by 10 per cent following rumours that Tiscali and Wanadoo may bid for the company, Britains largest ISP.

High-tech spend up by a third

Information technology spend is on the rise again according to a survey of 138 internet professionals undertaken during the summer.

Hot property: LSE attracts European and US interest

The London Stock Exchange is being courted by its European rivals in the wake of Swedish technology firm OM's failed attempt to take over the exchange and the collapse of proposed merger with the Deutsche Börse.

Icann names new domains

Internet users will have a choice of seven new top-level domains from June next year, including dot-biz, dot-name and dot-info.

Sun rises, shares fall

Booming server maker Sun Microsystems announced that it was on target for 40-plus per cent growth and shares promptly fell.

UniTree database management removes disk dependence

Disk storage demands could be massively reduced by software launched today from UniTree.

DT flat rate ruling fails to inspire competitors

A ruling that Deutsche Telekom must offer wholesale flat rate internet access to its competitors has been met with scepticism and a lack of enthusiasm within the industry.

Trinity Mirror to smooth web operations

Newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror is set to pay £1.5m to replace it's legacy-based financial and procurement systems with a streamlined web system.

Oftel called to bow out gracefully

Oftel, the UK's telecommunications regulator, has had its day, according to a panel of experts on this week's Behind the Headlines programme.

Oftel chief berates the reluctant unbundlers

On Tuesday, a humble silicon.com reporter wended his way to Westminster to sit through a Trade and Industry Select Committee hearing.

Genie grants free wishes for flat rate subscribers

Genie, BT's mobile internet portal yesterday launched unlimited mobile internet access and text messaging, for a flat-rate £20 a month.

UK CIOs poor at establishing good rapports

Senior British IT managers have got to do more to improve their position, according to a survey by their professional body and the London Business School (LBS).

Mercator gains share value in losing CEO

Ebusiness software developer Mercator Software has seen its share price rise with the announcement of a company restructure.

OM Gruppen do it Jiway with European share trading

OM Gruppen, the Swedish stock exchange company which recently failed in a much publicised attempt to take over the London Stock Exchange, has today launched a pan-European share-trading system called Jiway, aimed at the retail customer sector.

TUC calls for guidelines to guard from Snooping Bill

TUC general secretary John Monks today issued a call for email guidelines in light of the recently introduced Snooping Bill and employers' legal liability for unsolicited mail.

Pioneer breaks new ground with re-writeable DVD

Pioneer has released details of a world first with its re-writeable CD and DVD drive for the PC.

Voting in the internet age - the Palm Beach Story

The electoral fiasco in Florida has prompted a debate over what type of voting system should be used in the US. silicon.com chief reporter Sarah Left reports from the heart of West Palm Beach on the pros and cons of going digital...

VA Linux shares start slow climb with Q1 results

VA Linux shares recovered slightly as it announced losses in line with its profit warning of two weeks ago.

Analysys predicts slow progress in the ASP revolution

For most companies, the ASP revolution will have to wait until 2003, according to telecoms consultancy Analysys.

More jobs to go as TheStreet.com faces uncertain future

Financial website TheStreet.com, which yesterday closed its UK arm, has said it is looking to become cash positive in the second quarter of next year by cutting costs.

Unmetered mobile internet and teaching, protecting and exploiting the e-children

While BT resolutely defies all comers to the UK unmetered internet access market with its contested stronghold on the local loop, the incumbent telco is reported in the Financial Times to be on the brink of launching unmetered internet access via mobile phones.


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