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Tuesday 6 March 2001

UK leads Europe's CRM boom

The UK and the Netherlands are leading a CRM charge, representing 40 per cent of the rapidly growing European market.

German net industry wants right to settle its own disputes

A proposal from the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) to set up arbitration services for country code domain names has been criticised by the German online industry.

Symantec celebrates multi-million pound deal

Security firm Symantec has announced its largest contract win since its $975m takeover of Axent Technologies last July.

France Telecom goes for 'mother of all bond deals'

France Telecom is hoping to raise $16bn by setting in motion one of the biggest corporate bond deals in history. One bank source close to the situation described the move as "the mother of all bond deals".

3G roll-outs show lack of Eastern promise

Plans for the swift roll-out of 3G networks took a blow today as Japan Telecom announced a seven-month delay to the schedule for deploying its networks.

3G rollouts: Better late than billions and never?

Japan Telecom (JT) announces a six-month delay in the completion of its 3G network and long-in-the-tooth observers of the high-tech world are inclined to say, 'so what?'

UK online banking figures don't add up

The UK trails most of its European cousins in the uptake of online banking.

Online travel bookings set for take off

UK travel companies must invest in the internet as online bookings are set to explode in the next four years.

Unofficial top-level domain names now available

Companies are being offered the opportunity to register 20 new 'unofficial' top-level domain names by Californian start-up New.net.

Napster receives cautious overtures from Vivendi

Vivendi has pledged its support for Napster in what appears to be a dramatic U-turn by the media giant - although the company is playing down quite how far the support goes.

Search engines 'a waste of time'

Internet users have branded internet search engines a "waste of time", according to a Mori report released today.

ITN chief resigns for IBM job

The managing director of new media at ITN, Garron Baines, has quit his post for a consulting position with IBM's Global Services division.

Cabinet-level minister a must for modern e-government

Information society lobby group EURIM has again called for a cabinet-level minister to be appointed to deal with modernising government.

Microsoft shares rally on Appeals Court comments

Microsoft shares have started a slow climb towards recovery following concerns voiced by the Appeals Court judge over the original antitrust trial court's handling of the case.

Cheap chips on the Intel menu

Intel has introduced another round of swingeing price reductions across its desktop computer processors - its second cost-cutting exercise in less than three months.

iMode boasts 20 millionth subscriber

Japanese telco NTT DoCoMo is claiming that subscriber numbers to its iMode service have broken the 20 million mark within only two years of operation.

FT online investment sees publisher profits fall

UK publisher Pearson has blamed heavy internet investment for a massive drop in pre-tax profits and a resulting slump its share price.

RiverSoft increases revenue, R&D, recruitment and loss

RiverSoft has reported a £21m rise in full year loss for 2000, despite a ten-fold increase in revenue.

Stockwatch Daily: Nasdaq overnight rally boosts Euro techs

A good day of trading on the Nasdaq Composite pushed the tech-laden index up almost 1.2 per cent by close.

Dot-com casualty sues analyst for $10m

Star internet analyst Henry Blodget has been named in a lawsuit filed by a New York doctor who lost money in the dot-com crash of March 2000.

Model Management: Flying in the face of fear

Consumers are learning how to protect themselves against the improper use of their data. This week the team at business management portal FTDynamo asks whether users' privacy fears really prohibit online activities.


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