Archive - 02 Apr 2001
Scientists harness peer-to-peer in cancer battle
A revolutionary scheme is to be unveiled in California on Tuesday to use peer-to-peer (P2P) networki...
IR35: PCG gets excited over nothing
This morning the High Court ruled that IR35 will not be overturned. However, the judge did say the I...
Microsoft keel-hauls software pirates
Prosecutions in 22 countries, £12m pounds in damages, and 38,000 websites taken down in the last eig...
Contractors force taxman to rewrite the rulebook
IT contractors were jubilant today after a High Court judge ruled that IR35 is "unfair and unworkabl...
EDS spends big bucks on European expansion
Global services company EDS has continued its expansion into Europe with the $570m purchase of Germa...
Britain languishes in broadband basement
Two surveys have said it, so it must be true - Britain is bottom of the broadband class, the dunce o...
Get on track to win silicon.com's Fantasy Formula One competition
The Brazilian Grand Prix may have reached its dramatic conclusion yesterday afternoon, but it's stil...
Hard drives ditched as Quantum leaps into new sectors
Shareholders in Quantum have sanctioned the sale of its hard drive business to disk drive manufactur...
US suffers from 3G spectrum shortage
The rollout of 3G networks in America will suffer because there is not enough spectrum available for...
Sharp sets up UK mobile phone plant
Japanese electronics giant Sharp is setting up a subsidiary in the UK to develop and design mobile p...
beenz meanz layoffz
Internet loyalty and payment firm beenz.com is set to bring its total job cuts to 180 staff worldwid...
Anti-Bush email campaign shows record potential
An email campaign raising objections to George W Bush's controversial decision to ignore global poll...
Explorer glitch leaves Microsoft users vulnerable
Certain versions of Microsoft's web browser contain a flaw that makes them vulnerable to hackers, ac...
ICL's radical restructure starts with sell-off
ICL has sold its local government applications business to software group Anite for £13m.
IR35: Inland Revenue forced into redraft
The Inland Revenue has been ordered to redraft the controversial IR35 legislation.
Dot-com domain control up for grabs
The future of dot-com, dot-net and dot-org web addresses will be decided later today in Marina del R...
BT weighs up cost-cutting 3G Vodafone pact
BT is considering sharing its 3G infrastructure with Vodafone in a bid to save costs, according to w...
Trader moots swoop for Scoot offshoot Loot
Online business directory Scoot is reported to be in talks to sell its classified advertising busine...
Stockwatch Daily: Early promise fades fast
European Bourses fell in early trading after a promising start to the morning, with financial and te...
The Bloor Perspective: Who tracks your web usage, who owns your data, and who let the investors loose?
In their latest assessment of three topical issues, Robin Bloor and his colleagues take a close look...
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