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Tuesday 19 December 2000
silicon.com e-tail survey: Clicks beat bricks for Christmas
Pure-play online retailers amazon.co.uk and bol.com are beating their traditional rivals when it comes to website availability and response rates in the run up to the busy Christmas period.
Dell may leave stockings empty this year
Dell may be unable to fulfil orders for its flagship Pentium IV PCs and notebooks in time for Christmas.
Energis spends £500m to bolster European presence
Energis has bought Germany's largest independent web-hosting company for £496m, thereby completing its European platform.
Telia mulls 3G allies to make up for failed licence bid
Swedish telco Telia will have to become a service provider rather than network operator to succeed in Sweden's UMTS market, according to industry analysts.
Olivetti takes $2bn loan to pay debt
Telecom Italia's controlling shareholder, Olivetti, intends to borrow $2.23bn to reduce its debt and interest payments through a complex warrant and bond issue.
Cisco nose how to help Comic Relief
British charity Comic Relief plans to raise £4m from a new website.
Storage: A year in review
Storage Area Networks or Network Attached Storage? The battle between the two technologies dominated the storage landscape this year. But what else hit the headlines? Pia Heikkila takes a trip back over the Year 2000...
France Telecom cuts its ties with German counterpart
France Telecom today announced the $2.73bn sale of its stake in partner and fellow European telco Deutsche Telekom.
Jobs to go as US information services suffer
Two US information providers have hit hard times, resulting in further job cuts in the sector.
Wanadoo goes Dutch
Wanadoo is close to signing a deal to buy ING's internet service provider, Freeler.nl.
The search for alien life continues on P2P
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) programme has released version 3 of its peer to peer screensaver software.
Police caught red-handed with illegal software
British police force computer systems are to be checked for illegal software in plans announced by junior Home Office minister Lord Bassam.
Americans express interest in Sharepeople
American Express has announced its intention to acquire UK online brokerage Sharepeople Group.
Nortel signs up for 3G alliance
Nortel Networks is to invest in Xircom and Sierra Wireless' development projects to build wireless 3G modems.
Casio wrist camera puts clubbers online
Clubbing brand Spaced has teamed up with Casio to develop an interactive website for the watchmaker's Digital Wrist Camera.
Freeserve loses money and BT loses its sense of irony
This morning's Guardian reports on Freeserve's widening losses ahead of its takeover by French ISP Wanadoo in the new year.
Freeserve losses widen after investments sour
Freeserve has announced rapidly widening losses as it prepares for a Christmas rush and the £1.6bn takeover by French ISP Wanadoo.
Autonomy snowballs into Canada as shares melt in UK
Infrastructure software vendor Autonomy announced the expansion of the firm into North America as it graduated to the FTSE 100.
Model Management: General Electric - an executive carol
Last week, the FTDynamo team looked at the legacy of GE's departing chief, Jack Welch - and suggested he'd left his successor a poisoned chalice. In their latest contribution to silicon.com, they look at the specific challenges facing that successor - Jeffrey R Immelt.
The Bloor Perspective: Java's big hope and Microsoft's major headache
In their final analysis of the year, the Bloor team look at Java's potential on mobile platforms and the recent wobbles at Microsoft - both of which will undoubtedly continue to dominate the headlines next year...
silicon.com Christmas quiz: day 12
In the run-up to Christmas, silicon.com is running a daily quiz - answer the three questions correctly and you're in with a chance of winning a case of wine, thanks to the good folk at www.WineAlive.com.
Genie strikes content deal with AOL
Genie, the mobile internet portal company spun off from BT Cellnet, will feature AOL's mobile services on its internet portal.
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