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Friday 11 May 2001

Tories helpless over tactical vote-swap sites

The Conservative Party has said that it will not be taking legal action against tactical voting websites.

Microsoft could face court over 'misleading' XP terms

Microsoft's refusal to give a detailed account of the restrictions it's placing on users' ability to reinstall Windows XP could land the software giant in court.

Election online: Click finger on the political pulse?

If anyone doubted that UK political parties had their fingers on the pulse of ebusiness, faith will be restored today by taking a brief survey of their websites.

IBM and Apple beef up open source strategies

IBM and Apple have both had two of their latest software licences approved as bona fide open source.

Protect or be damned: Costly US Bill causes controversy

A controversial US government draft Bill on data protection has garnered considerable support, despite the fact its implementation could cost companies millions.

Official: Sex better than Linux

Linus Torvalds and silicon.com, sitting in a room in Silicon Valley...

IR35: Hague's £100m pledge

Conservative Party leader William Hague has enshrined his opposition to IR35 by including a commitment to abolish the tax in his party's election manifesto.

Faithful SMEs increase telecoms spend

SMEs will significantly increase spending on telecoms services this year, according to a report published by analyst house Yankee Group.

First time for everything: Cisco sells up

Cisco is poised to offload one of its acquisitions, software company Amteva which the networking giant bought for $170m in 1999.

Good results trigger Colt to gun for extra funds

Despite reporting increasing revenues, Colt Telecom needs to raise £600m within the next 12 months if it is to sustain operations.

The best of Reader Comments: The broadband backlash, lazy voters and Gates' Linux lashing

Each week silicon.com is inundated with comments from you, our readers, and here we bring you the highlights of what you had to say about this week's top stories.

Stockwatch Daily: London takes extended morning dip

The interest rate cut by the European Central Bank might have prompted some initial activity on the FTSE100 yesterday, but this morning saw the London index take a dip into the red.

IBM banking on partnership

IBM has embarked on a joint venture with German company Wincor Nixdorf to develop advanced automated banking systems.

Become a better boss: Special offer manual for modern management

The UK is a nation of great managers, but terrible leaders, working within corporate cultures that are resistant to change. These are the views of ebusiness consultant Rene Carayol.

Microsoft switches to subscriptions

Microsoft has confirmed it is to change its licensing model to a subscription-based model as reported by silicon.com on Tuesday.

PC support needs your support

It's official: sales and marketing types are highly adept at breaking their computers (or highly incompetent at using them, depending on how you look at it).

Corporate Voodoo: Extract 4 - winners and losers

Rene Carayol is an ebusiness consultant and silicon.com columnist. In this final extract from Corporate Voodoo, his first book, co-authored with business writer David Firth, he takes a further look at who will fail to make the grade, and who will take their place...


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