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Friday 4 May 2001

Greedy stars ate my Napster

Despite Napster usage falling by a third in April, CEO Hank Barry has denied the downward trend reflects the end for the file-swapping company and refuses to admit defeat in his ongoing war with the American recording industry and its legions of money-grabbing stars.

Tivoli on a high after BA deal

British Airways has selected IBM unit Tivoli Systems to secure its multi-million pound ebusiness project, including voice-activated authorisation technology.

It's the sonnet wot won it: SMS poets announced

The winners in the country's first text message poetry competition were announced this morning.

That was the double-speak that was

And so ends one of the most confusing weeks in the recent, bruising history of technology.

John Lamb's Week: Will Iceland get lift off from the tornado?

Monday may be a public holiday in the UK but in Disneyland Paris, UpStart Europe gets underway. The event is one of the largest gatherings of new economy business types in Europe.

Linus hits back at Microsoft 'slurs'

Linus Torvalds has hit back at comments made by Microsoft vice president Craig Mundie yesterday attacking the open source movement.

NetStore "cuts its jugular" on restructuring efforts

UK ASP NetStore is undergoing a widespread reorganisation following the savage cost-cutting earlier this week which saw a third of its staff culled.

Patient data still at risk as health bill overturned

Health secretary Alan Milburn has been forced to back down on his attempts to stop pharmaceutical companies getting unrestricted access to healthcare data.

JD Edwards beats expectations, sacks staff anyway

ERP stalwart JD Edwards has laid off 400 people as part of its company revitalisation plan as the firm struggles to return to profit.

Oxford Web Institute thinks about what to think about

Oxford University has launched an Internet Institute where academics will debate the socio-economic impact of the web.

Silver surfers still taking the bus to the shops

Internet-loving senior citizens are getting spam over the web, but not the pink processed meat that comes in a tin, as they're shunning online grocery stores.

Framfab axes staff and prays for cash

Cash-strapped Swedish internet consultancy Framfab has pulled out of Austria, Bulgaria, Norway, Spain and the USA and may also pull out of Italy, in a move to cut losses. All business except its core internet consultancy are now up for sale.

Microsoft prepares for a spending spree

Microsoft may celebrate the end of its anti-trust proceedings with a consultancy acquisition - with a reported $45bn of acquisition capital stirring the imaginations of analysts.

Not guilty: Oftel clears BT of anti-competitive pricing

Oftel has closed its investigation into BT's Talk and Surf Together tariffs, concluding that the telco's pricing was not in breach of the Competitions Act.

Scousers with mouses get broadband

Fans of Liverpool FC can now watch action of their favourite team online as well as matches from the club's past via a multi-channel broadband website.

Telcos battle of the banks

Telcos are offering a lifeline for European financial service providers who will go out of business without their help.

Abbey data centres transferred to EDS

Abbey National has signed a 10 year $390m contract with outsourcing giant EDS in a deal to process all the UK bank's mortgage transactions.

Razorfish flounders as founders step down

Shares in internet consultancy Razorfish plunged as founder and CEO Jeff Dachis announced that he is to leave the company.

Fighting Fraud: How far we've come (Part II)

Pete Warren considers the response silicon.com's Fighting Fraud campaign has garnered...

Tech stocks tumble but Vodafone stocks up

While Vodafone shares were still rising this morning on the back of Wednesday's £3.5bn share issue, other IT stocks tumbled after the Nasdaq index fell yesterday for the first time in a week.


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