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Wednesday 23 May 2001
Novell swings the axe in staff cull
Networking company Novell is to lay off five per cent of its workforce after reporting poor second quarter results.
Tiscali chief gunning for T-Online
Italian boss takes the fight to Europe's top dog...
Microsoft gives Oracle a bloody nose
... and Oracle takes a 'cheap' shot in return
Piracy reward makes the grass grow keener
"You'll not get me, I'm not turning canary for anybody. £4,000 you say? Oh alright then..."
ASPs receive service guidelines
'It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it'. That's what gets results...
Online ad prices continue to plunge
Online advertising executives drowning, not waving, as dot-com gloom continues to force down the cost of ads...
T-Online gets Excited about European buyout
'Europe here we come'. German ISP eyes European domination ...
Virgin red-faced over Orange jibe
Adverstising boo boo wins rap on knuckles from standards authority...
Brits and Germans give the rest a tech tonking
Europe is still a continent of two halves when it comes to ebusiness - with Britain and Germany far ahead of the southern nations in almost every index of technology adoption.
Make up your mind! IT on the Board or not?
So a survey published today says IT is the number one business driver for eight out of ten UK firms. Don't be so sure.
US online supermarket sweep
AOL's members in the US spent a record $6.7bn in the first three months of 2001 - beating the run-up to last Christmas by $300m.
HP prepares for fight to the death with Xerox
HP has pitched itself in a fierce battle against arch-rival Xerox with a copycat printer strategy aimed squarely at the commercial print market - Xerox's last market stronghold.
Webvan is ditchin' the kitchen
Online grocer Webvan has flogged its state-of-the-art kitchen, as it fights off a Nasdaq delisting.
IBM and SAP spell unholy alliance for rivals
SAP looks set to enter into an ebusiness alliance with computing giant IBM.
Microsoft hopes McAfee will allay security fears
McAfee shares shot up 60 per cent, to $12.50, as it announced it is to supply security services for Microsoft's planned online offering.
FBI accused of muddying virus protection waters
The US Congress has slammed the National Infrastructure Protection Centre (NIPC) for not giving companies adequate warning about impending virus attacks.
silicon.com readers unleashed on Linus Torvalds
We asked you what you would ask Linus Torvalds, father of Linux, if you met him.
Attrition is worn out
Attrition.org, which tracks web site defacements, will close its service due to overwhelming workload and hostile readership.
Stockwatch Daily: European technology shares run into the red
Technology companies opened well into the red this morning, with all the main European bourses down, following signs from the US yesterday that the recent market rally is fading.
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