Archive - 03 Nov 2000
Failed Powernet generates buyer interest
Buyers are queuing up for failed Manchester internet company Powernet Telecom, which crashed at the ...
CSC results pride may come before a fall
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) has announced second quarter results are up 17 per cent but warn...
IBM not blind to internet needs of visually impaired
IBM has launched a web browser that will enable visually impaired and blind people to use the web.
The best of 'Reader Comments': More mobile health fears, BBC selling out and Orange network woes
Each week silicon.com is inundated with comments from you, our readers. The last seven days have see...
BT facing multi-million pound wholesale net access lawsuit
BT is facing the prospect of a multi-million pound lawsuit for allegedly failing to deliver on its w...
'True' ASP applications delayed by lack of broadband access
ASPs must progress from delivering enterprise applications over a thin client model and push softwar...
BT Cellnet rapped over 'misleading' WAP ads
Advertising that tricks users into believing they can surf the internet on a mobile phone has put ba...
Behind the Headlines: Safe Harbour laws applauded
Industry experts have applauded the data privacy agreement which was struck by EU and US authorities...
BMG Napster deal gets artists' union support
The world's largest performing rights group has welcomed Bertelsmann's move to join forces with Naps...
Communications - a world where size is everything?
After reading various stories over the past few days it isn't difficult to conclude smaller service ...
Troubles at Priceline.com and foodoo.com folds
Priceline.com, the US-based group-buying site, is sacking 16 per cent of its staff.
Internet fails to entertain us
Consumers see the internet as a business tool rather than an entertainment channel, and few of them ...
Analyst doubts send Vodafone shares tumbling
Vodafone suffered an eight per cent drop in its share price yesterday after analysts cast doubt on t...
An e-minister abroad (part 4): Bangalore - bumpy buses and cold beer
The penultimate day of Patricia Hewitt's tour of India brings more enthusiastic hospitality, a touch...
Napster paves the way for rivals and job cuts at Priceline and NTL
Peer file sharing looks like it is here to stay and while Napster goes straight its one-time rivals ...
Of geese, golden eggs and posh pooches
So you think the mobile internet is a big fat goose just waiting to lay the golden egg containing ma...