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Thursday 19 April 2001

Start-up of the Month: Webscreen Technology

The only UK networking start-up to get cash in 2001?

GPRS: A donkey on speed is still a donkey

Anthea Turner's biography was a flop, but at least she got it out on time and marketed it a bit. BT's consumer GPRS service is nearly a year late, and without the coverage in Hello! it will probably sell fewer copies.

Stockwatch Daily: Europe droops after early surge

US tech big boys IBM and Apple have both posted encouraging results. The strength of sales of its Titanium notebook has enabled Apple to return to profitability, while IBM has shown a 15 per cent rise in net income for the first quarter.

GPRS is here, but it's late and it doesn't really work

BT has set the launch date for the first mass-market phones using the new high-speed data service - GPRS - for 18 May.

Apple grabs a bigger slice of the pie

Apple has posted a net profit of $43m for its second quarter results compared to a net profit of $233m in the same quarter a year ago.

Cert puts a price on security know-how

US-based Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert) wants to make its findings about potential cyber attacks available for interested companies, who would pay for the privilege of receiving the information 45 days ahead of general release.

Accenture partners hit jackpot in IPO bid

Partners at Accenture look set to rake in the bucks following their overwhelming vote to take the consultancy public.

The best of 'Reader comments': Electoral liberties, 'rip-off Britain' and farewell to the paperclip

Each week silicon.com is inundated with comments from you, our readers.

ASP model will not make it

The current ASP model is fundamentally flawed and needs a radical overhaul if it is to survive, according to senior Gartner analysts.

Sun leaps into peer-to-peer arena - industry winces

Sun Microsystems' peer-to-peer plans have been met with concern from industry observers, who fear it may try to hijack the technology and make it proprietary.

SAP shines on through the doom and gloom

SAP, Europe's largest software company, has exceeded analysts' expectations and more than doubled its net income for the first quarter of fiscal 2001 - up 109 per cent from the same period last year.

IBM shares rise on results news

IBM shares jumped eight per cent in early trading on the back of positive results. IBM increased profits to $1.75bn, up 15 per cent, for the first quarter 2001, ended 31 March.

'Customers, schmustomers!' E-tailers don't give a monkey's

UK e-tailers are neglecting their customers by failing to respond to online queries.

Three weeks a year lost to web surfing at work

Web surfing in the office by almost half of the UK workforce is costing employers dearly, as each web-addicted worker wastes around three hours a week - or a staggering eighteen days a year online.

StorageNetworks celebrates loss

Data storage company StorageNetworks has beaten analyst estimates by posting a smaller than expected first quarter loss.

Siebel execs worse off as staff are slashed

Siebel has laid off 800 staff despite bucking the high-tech trend by doubling first quarter profits.

Microsoft's pro-MP3 defence

Microsoft has declared its support for the MP3 format in reaction to media criticism of the limited functionality of its XP operating system.

'Everybody was to blame but us', claims failed ASP

Herbert Goertz, former CEO of now defunct ASP Hostlogic, has blamed his company's demise on a combination of problems with investors and customers.

Sony and Ericsson toy with tie-up

Sony and Ericsson are in talks about whether to merge their mobile phone handset units, the companies confirmed today.

Micromuse bucks the market

Network management company Micromuse has announced record financial results for its second fiscal quarter, ending 31 March 2001.

Never mind the size, web managers want to feel the quality

The biggest concern of UK ecommerce and website managers is how to measure and analyse visitors to their sites.

eBay gets stuck into fixed pricing

eBay is to increase the number of fixed-price goods it sells through its half.com service.

Wireless losses add to tech stock misery

Anglo-Dutch IT consultancy CMG saw its shares fall dramatically this morning following the announcement that its telecom products division will report a loss for the first half of the year.


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