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Wednesday 16 May 2001

BT dumps Open

BT is swapping its interests in interactive television platform Open for shares worth £387m in BskyB, giving the media giant complete ownership of the company. Open will now be integrated into Sky Interactive.

Freeserve blames BT for DSL price hike

Freeserve is to raise the price of its broadband internet access by £120 per year - and has put the blame for the hike firmly at the doors of BT and Oftel.

Avoiding broadband 'web-rage' better late than never

Having stated last autumn that it would have wireless broadband available by February 2001, NTL belatedly unveiled its new package today, to kick off with broadband modems on 1 June and be followed by wireless at an "undetermined date".

Covisint turns billions in DaimlerChrysler deal

Car maker DaimlerChrysler has splashed out a whopping E3.5bn (£2.16bn) in a deal hosted by the Covisint e-marketplace.

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz (online)

German carmaker DaimlerChrysler has done wonders for the confidence of the B2B world.

Empty sounds, Holloway gestures? Microsoft UK chief talks shop

In the week when Microsoft's controversial licensing plans have been fleshed out, Suzi Kerridge explains what it was like to catch up with the UK personification of the company, Neil Holloway. They lunched and talked DoJ, software-as-service, world domination and more...

C&W aims to buy back stock

UK telecommunications company Cable & Wireless is seeking permission to buy back up to 15 per cent of its stock from shareholders. Shares in the company were up 3.96 per cent at 472.50p at 16:00 (BST).

DSL plays bit part in Labour manifesto

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair launched the Labour Party manifesto today with precious little new for Britain's technology industry.

Torvalds says: Don't split up Microsoft

The father of Linux, Linus Torvalds, has told silicon.com he thinks arch-rival Microsoft should not be split up.

Glamour gets Conde Nast into the online Vogue with IXGuardian

IXGuardian has won a contract to host Conde Nast's online publications, including Vogue, GQ and Glamour.

Linux loses out in Whitehall tech tussle

The Labour Party's reshuffle of responsibility for government IT and internet activities has left Linux out in the cold.

Security scares bring nCipher back from the brink

While the red pen still hangs heavily over the balance sheet, security vendor nCipher has released improved Q1 results, narrowing its losses to £406,000 and reporting healthier revenue growth.

Ericsson bites back

Ericsson is seeking $31m in damages from satellite phone company Globalstar, according to a US quarterly regulatory filing from Globalstar.

Business-to-business is booming

Two per cent of all UK business sales are made over the web, according to the first-ever survey of ecommerce by the Office of National Statistics.

Nato kick-starts its systems with Oracle

Nato has begun to roll-out a programme to modernise its financial system using Oracle's ebusiness software.

Motorola divides to conquer

Motorola has admitted it may have to sell-off its government IT and communications division.

Just For Fun: Extract 3 - The case for being open

In this third excerpt from Linus Torvalds' and David Diamond's Just For Fun, we hear the case for open source, as pleaded by the father of Linux. He wonders just how far the philosophy can be taken...

PKI wends its weary way into corporate world

Widespread corporate take-up of PKI came one step closer this week - but usage of the technology is nowhere near as high as it should be thanks to the usual vendor squabbles over standards, and a lack of deals done between them and the smartcard community.

Torvalds isn't nuts - he just has a passion for kernels...

Linus Torvalds, the man behind Linux, raised the hackles of the Mac fraternity recently by describing OSX as "crap" - but has stood by his claims in an exclusive interview with silicon.com.

Euro exchanges open with a whimper

European exchanges opened weakly this morning as markets digested another one half per cent rate cut by the US Federal Reserve yesterday.


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