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Monday 9 April 2001

ARM's share price takes a hammering

Cambridge based UK chip designer ARM Holdings saw its shares slide 10 per cent this morning to 230p - knocking 26p off its previous price.

BT cash cutbacks hit US e-marketplace

BT and Internet Capital Group have slashed their shareholding in VerticalNet, forcing the US business-to-business (B2B) marketplace specialist to dramatically cut back its European operations.

RSA gets mobile with security

Security vendor RSA announced at its conference in San Francisco today a raft of products and partnerships.

DoCoMo isolates 3G users to meet deadline

Leading Japanese mobile phone company NTT DoCoMo will have to use non-standard technology if it is to meet its May deadline for 3G roll-outs.

Dirty weekend? Best to book online

Over half of hotel room bookings are cheaper on line, with web users saving up to £12.50 per booking, according to a new study by KPMG.

Ariba rebounds on Agile venture after buyout falls through

B2B provider Ariba is set to announce a new partnership with supply chain software group Agile, despite last week's cancelled merger.

Visa counting on nCipher

PKI specialist nCipher today announced Visa as the first major customer to sign up for its Secure Execution Engine (SEE) technology.

Orange blossoms as subscriber figures swell

France Telecom's Orange gained 2.6 million new customers in the first quarter of 2001, 1.2 million of these in the UK.

Whispers see Psion shares plummet

Shares in handheld computer manufacturer Psion fell sharply on Monday following reports that the flotation of its joint venture Symbian has been blocked.

Cash flows into Amazon.com coffers a little faster

Amazon.com edged a step closer to profitability today when it announced that expected losses for the first quarter had reduced to less than $225m.

Microsoft to put email slackers into quarantine

Office time wasters and desktop loafers are likely to be the victims of new functionality in the next release of Microsoft Outlook that will make it impossible for users to receive games and fun attachments via email.

Monday morning hangover for European markets

European technology companies fared badly in early trading Monday as Friday's sharp Nasdaq fall and bad US employment figures worked their way through the markets.

Egghead cracks despite IBM intervention

US e-tailer Egghead has axed 29 per cent of its workforce just a month after a first round of job cuts prompted IBM to loan the company $20m.

The Bloor Perspective: m-banking opportunities, three-day weeks revisited and Amazon in the dock

In this week's look at three key developments, Robin Bloor and his team consider the use of mobile phones as an intimate banking channel, the way we work and the class action suit against Amazon...


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