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Friday 19 January 2001

Linux community on the look out for Ramen worm

Anti-virus vendors have issued warnings about a worm called Ramen which they fear will attack Linux servers and spread via exploitable flaws in servers running Red Hat.

'You can stick your local loop': Redstone goes it alone

Redstone Telecom is pushing ahead with building its own exchanges next to BT's buildings, despite Oftel slashing the deadline for unbundling to April.

Low cost access, not bandwidth, key to 3G future

Making 3G profitable will depend on delivering wideband access, not enabling bandwidth-hungry applications like streaming video, according to a study due next week from wireless research and consulting firm Herschel Shosteck Associates.

John Lamb's Week: New economy mechanic takes pot shot at incubators

In his latest column to preview the upcoming week's key events, respected industry watcher John Lamb looks at Guy Kawasaki's latest visit to the UK and promising prospects for companies touting storage technology...

NTL in trouble over Irish licence

NTL could have its Irish cable license revoked after announcing plans earlier this week to postpone its nationwide digital TV roll-out.

Getting results - everybody's talking at me...

This week has been saturated with financial results form all over the technology sector. Looking at them together, there is no uniform pattern supporting fears of either a downturn in the wider economy or the technology market in particular.

Jubilation for Ebay, celebration at Autonomy

At the end of a gloomy week in the world of ebusiness we are seeking to hit higher notes today, so have dug deep in the dailies to bring you some lighter, brighter news...

iMode moves into WAP's European waters

NTT DoCoMo is rolling out iMode on a global scale, targeting Europe first through a deal with Dutch firm KPN and Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM).

More jobs to go at AltaVista

US search engine company AltaVista is to axe 25 per cent of its workforce for the second time in four months, resulting in the loss of 200 employees from its Californian head office.

AOL Time Warner demonstrates $15bn self belief

Newly-merged AOL Time Warner, 'the world's first internet-powered media and communications company', has lost no time in clearing its financial decks in a series of moves involving over $15bn.

Business Objects deal drives Autonomy higher

Autonomy's share price continued its rollercoaster progress, up over ten per cent on the day after the company announced a deal with Anglo-French software firm Business Objects.

Data centre employs James Bond-style security

James Bond-style biometrics are being used to scare off cyber-thieves at one of the most secure data centres in Europe.

Commerce One shares leap on results

Shares in Commerce One surged by 25 per cent today after the electronic commerce software and services supplier beat fourth quarter turnover expectations by posting narrower than expected losses.

AOL calls the shots in WAP browser battle

AOL Time Warner has hired a new big gun to head up Netscape, and fired the first shot in the US WAP browser wars in a deal with Nokia to develop a WAP browser.

Nortel and Sun brighten high-tech gloom

Nortel and Sun met analysts' expectations for fourth quarter results, despite the slowdown in the IT and telecoms markets - though both predict darker days ahead.

Employers under the illusion new recruits must be 'ready made'

Technology firms across the board have been blasted for their impossible demands on new recruits, according to our Behind the Headlines expert panel this week.

AT&T and IBM in ASP alliance

AT&T and IBM announced at Lotusphere this week they will joint market the ASP Enablement Suite, a new web hosting solution for the application service provider (ASP) market.

Carphone Warehouse enjoys seasonal surge

Carphone Warehouse has doubled turnover and increased margins for the third quarter ended 30 December 2000.

ASP brings WAP to the workers

UK-based ASP NetStore has launched a mobile service for remote workers.

Microsoft posts profits but warns on future

Microsoft has announced record turnover of $6.59bn for its second quarter ending 31 December 2000 - an eight per cent increase on the $6.11bn for the same quarter last year. It made a profit of $2.62bn for the quarter.

US tech giants boost European markets

Optimistic quarterly results from tech giants IBM and Microsoft saw the Nasdaq close up 85.69 points.

Ginger, ginger, ginger and Orange, Orange, Orange

We've all gone nuts about Ginger. Speculation has now reached fever pitch - which is saying something in an industry which regularly sees pant-wetting levels of excitement about the latest product release. See MacWorld for more details.


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