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Tuesday 13 March 2001

Sexism and ageism run rife in IT industry

Ageist and sexist recruitment policies are adding to the severity of the skills crisis facing the UK IT industry.

Domain name bonanza just a flash in the pan

Prospectors who joined last week's goldrush to grab newly-released domains like dot-shop, dot-hola and dot-xxx are unlikely to make a killing from their investment as the new sites cannot be accessed by the vast majority of corporate users.

E-District turns CEO in to the Met over fraud allegations

E-District is in discussions with the Metropolitan Police fraud squad after firing its CEO over alleged financial irregularities.

Novell buys Cambridge for old boy network

Novell is making a desperate bid refocus its strategy by acquiring a company headed up by one of its directors.

Makeover time: IT's image problem simply must go

Guess what - IT has an image problem. So that's not really such a shocking revelation, but it is a bit of a knock for those toiling in the IT industry to be told as much. Whatever. It is something the industry is going to have to come to terms with if it wants to beat the skills crisis.

nCipher teams up with HyperTrust

ASP HyperTrust is to start employing PKI specialist nCipher's nForce technology to help secure its B2B and B2C client transactions.

It's Chen vs Ellison: Sybase chief takes a pot shot at Oracle

Sybase CEO John Chen has hit out at Oracle, claiming that Ellison's outfit has lost its way in the database market by diverting resources to its application division.

For sale: Your private medical records

Provisions in the government's controversial Healthcare Bill are likely to breach the Data Protection Act and the European Convention on Human Rights.

Spirit of Napster lives on as encryption evades searches

A Toronto University-based enterprise claims to be making a mockery of Napster's attempts to remove illegal mp3 files from its server through simple encryption.

Razorfish continues to slash staff

US internet consultancy Razorfish is merging its London and Amsterdam offices in a bid to slash costs as the company undergoes yet more job cuts.

BMG backs a rival to ailing ally Napster

Music distributor BMG has signed a deal with US digital music manufacturer Data Play Media, despite having committed to a similar alliance with endangered file-sharing service Napster.

Text messaging to be worth $6.5bn within two years

Up to 80 billion text messages per month will be sent globally by 2003 according to a report released today.

UK will never follow 'one-click' patent precedent

Business processes such as 'one-click buying' will never be patented in the UK, according to the results of a government consultation published this week.

German telco chiefs face criminal prosecution

Leading figures in the German telecommunications industry are being probed by the Dusseldorf state prosecutor's office following a wave of criminal allegations.

Chubb gains pounds through Baltimore deal

Security group Chubb has sold its online security arm, Chubb Information Security, to Baltimore Technologies in a deal is estimated to be worth around £2m.

IR35: Contractors take the tax man to court

The Professional Contractors Group enters the High Court for the first time today as it mounts its legal challenge to the Inland Revenue's changes to tax law for self-employed people.

Sun one step away from 'most advanced product' launch

Sun Microsystems will next week take the penultimate step in its UltraSPARC III strategy, with the launch of Unix midframe multiprocessor systems, based on the new 64-bit processor.

marchFIRST three get their marching orders

Troubled web consultancy marchFIRST has announced a clear-out of its executive team who have failed to turn around the company's fortunes after it was hit by a string of profit warnings last year.

Europe feels Nasdaq aftershock

As the Nasdaq dipped below 2,000 overnight and the Nikkei 225 fell to a 16-year low, European bourses felt the hangover this morning.

Model Management: Japan - "The whirligig of time"

As Japan's economy continues its downward spiral, the team at business management portal FTDynamo assesses the global implications.


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