Archive - 02 May 2001
BT gives 'fat cat' Bland £500,000 for three-day weeks
BT's newest recruit, Sir Christopher Bland, is to receive £500,000 a year for working a three day we...
Have you got a licence for that geek?
A compulsory licensing scheme for IT security professionals came one step closer to reality on Tuesd...
Ariba for sale? Welcome to rumour central...
IBM has announced a raft of new initiatives that will see it working with wounded B2B vendor Ariba. ...
PSINet defaults on debt and teeters on brink of bankruptcy
Troubled ISP PSINet is defaulting on its debt payments, prompting analysts to claim it will file for...
Figures highlight ASP failings
ASP Netstore has done poorly in third quarter results, with losses widening to £4.35m, up from £1.38...
Top ten viruses for April
The email virus Magistr accounted for over a quarter of all infections reported to anti-virus compan...
Murdoch takes a step closer to world domination
News Corp has made a breakthrough in its attempts to buy Hughes Electronics from General Motors to f...
Vodafone prepares to bask in the rising sun
Vodafone is to issue new shares worth approximately £3bn pounds to help fund its £4.8bn purchases of...
Oops, we did it again: Microsoft admits to Windows 2000 security cock-up
Microsoft has admitted that one of its Windows 2000 operating systems contains a serious security ho...
Dot-com delight: Priceline profitable by next quarter
Pick your price e-tailer Priceline.com is riding high on a wave of promising financial results for f...
i2 names new CEO
i2 Technologies has appointed company president Greg Brady as its new chief, after former CEO Sanjiv...
Fighting Fraud: How far we've come (Part I)
silicon.com's Fighting Fraud campaign has elicited support from within industry and from a cross-sec...
Deutsche Telekom deal overcomes US security fears
Deutsche Telekom announced on Tuesday that US regulators had given final approval to the acquisition...
Riversoft results fail to save staff
Network management software maker Riversoft has posted narrowed losses in first quarter results, but...
Starbucks: One laptop or two?
Compaq and coffee chain Starbucks have announced a five-year deal meaning customers will now be able...
Music drives call centre customers to distraction
The music used by call centres to relax customers while they are waiting on hold is in fact driving ...
Stockwatch Daily: Euro tech markets climb on Nasdaq gains
Nasdaq gains of 2.46 per cent by close yesterday helped to push up European tech stocks during early...
FBI warning over Unix loophole
The Federal Bureau of Investigation today warned Unix users of a potential security loophole that co...