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Tuesday 27 March 2001

More dot-com carnage as design agency sacks 70

Up to 70 jobs are to go at internet design consultancy Wheel, whose clients include Abbey National , IPC, Marks and Spencer and MTV.

'Take skills crisis more seriously,' politicians urged

Britain's three most powerful business institutions have joined forces in an attempt to force the skills crisis higher up the election agenda.

Nasdaq comes to Europe

US high-tech stock exchange Nasdaq has finally acquired its longed-for foothold in Europe by taking control of its near-namesake, Brussels-based Easdaq.

Nasdaq and Easdaq - it just feels right

Yesterday Liffe, today Easdaq, tomorrow - the world?

Mobile phone thieves tackled by Straw

The mobile phone industry today met with the police and Home Secretary Jack Straw to discuss ways of tackling mobile phone theft.

Sun the hardware company gets serious with software

First Microsoft added flesh to the bones of its .NET strategy by unleashing HailStorm on the world. Now Sun has expanded on its rival Open Net Environment (ONE) offering to prove it's not simply repackaging existing software.

CRM failure: A common theme for business

Companies are still failing to benefit from CRM despite massive investment, according to a book published today.

Courts virtually dish out justice

Under radical plans unveiled by the government today, defendants due in court for preliminary hearings will be able to submit virtual pleas via email instead of appearing in person.

Volkswagen.co.uk gets a refit

Ebusiness systems integrator RemoteApps has been chosen by the Volkswagen.co.uk to strip down its IT infrastructure and rebuild it from scratch.

IR35: Judgement day set for 2 April

The outcome of the legal battle over the controversial IR35 rules will be known on the morning of 2 April.

Crusoe on tablets after run-in with Microsoft

US based chipmaker Transmeta has signed a deal with Microsoft that will see the company's much-hyped Crusoe chip used to power Microsoft's Tablet PC.

Napster users plan 'million man march'

Napster users are being urged to descend on Washington DC to make their voice heard when senators meet on 3 April to discuss the future of digital music and the controversial music swapping service.

Symantec plans security upgrade

Security software maker Symantec will next week unveil an upgraded management package intended to provide fast and safe system upgrading, backup and recovery whilst decreasing time spent manually administering to end users' desktops.

CeBIT update: Vote is split on online elections

Opinions were divided about the future of online voting at CeBIT yesterday.

UK police swoop on 45 net paedophiles

Police have used net filtering software to track down a massive ring of suspected paedophiles - the second such case to come to light today.

InterX reaches for restructuring lifeline

Troubled software vendor InterX has unveiled massive restructuring plans in a bid to save itself from flagging revenues.

Ericsson catches telco job cut fever

Swedish mobile phone giant Ericsson has added to the woes of the telecoms sector with an announcement that it's to axe thousands of jobs across its European operations.

Nokia knocks staff out of broadband

Nokia is sacking between 300 and 400 employees in its broadband systems division.

Nine arrested in latest online child porn case

Another major online child porn ring has been broken up by customs officials, leading to nine arrests with more expected to follow.

Telenor makes its Nextra move

Nextra, the ISP subsidiary of Norwegian telco Telenor, opens for business this week in the UK.

Mixed fortunes for falling exchanges

Mixed openings were experienced by European bourses this morning after the US tech stock rally ended overnight, with the Nasdaq eventually closing down 0.5 per cent.

Model Management: the battlefield known as customer experience

Ecommerce firms are often criticised for their failure to address the needs of their customers. However, as the FTDynamo team asserts, any online business that fails to put the customer first will face dire problems in the new economy


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