Archive - 12 Dec 2000
BroadVision goes wireless
Ebusiness applications supplier BroadVision plans to enable advanced communications over wireless de...
Torex takes shares slump to buy abroad
Acquisitive UK health software company Torex has had to take a 25 per cent drop in its shares in a r...
Brit faces jail for online death threats
A man who published a bounty offer on the web, in which he promised to pay $25,000 to anyone who wou...
HP mobile services launch
HP yesterday launched an ecommerce initiative aimed at supporting personalised mobile e-services.
UK to get single communications super-regulator by 2003
Plans to set up a single regulatory body to police communications, media and the digital age were un...
Deutsche Bahn derails Vodafone subsidiary's IPO
German railway operator Deutsche Bahn has scuppered the flotation of Vodafone's fixed line operation...
US wireless auction tipped to flop
Today's US airwaves auction is not likely to be the $18bn bonanza the US government expected, accord...
UK firms slide down profitability league
UK companies are falling behind in terms of profitability, partly because of a lack of IT investment...
Insurer streamlines risk with whereonearth database
British insurer Royal & SunAlliance is planning to streamline its risk analysis process with a datab...
.Net: Too little too late?
Microsoft has always had an uneasy relationship with the internet and its latest strategy - .Net - s...
Skills shortage to leave 'millions of empty seats' by 2002
The IT skills shortage in Europe will triple over the next two years, with employers struggling to f...
Qualcomm dispute ends in $80m royalty charge
Digital wireless communications company, Qualcomm, has been charged $80m, over a royalty dispute wit...
'Stupid' snooping plan slammed by former MI5 agent
Government proposals that would allow security forces to monitor and store all electronic data over ...
Wyse acquires Rapport software with purchase of rival
Thin client device builder Wyse has acquired its smaller rival Netier.
DoubleClick reduces earnings expectations
Internet advertising agency DoubleClick says lower advertising spending has forced it to cut its ear...
Kakworm makes top spot in Christmas virus charts
The spread of the 'I love You' computer virus in May caused chaos worldwide, but it has been beaten ...
Sun suffers shares woe despite denial of 'irregularities'
Sun's share price has continued to fall despite a denial yesterday that accounting irregularities wi...
AMD rivals Intel with Q4 profit warning
Chipmaker AMD issued a fourth quarter profit warning yesterday, which follows just days after that o...
Operators awaiting verdict on BT exchange unbundling
Telecom operators will hear this week which additional BT exchanges they can use to offer high-speed...
May the bidding begin and the steady growth of clicks and mortar
Later today, bidders in the US wireless race will come under starter's orders.
Model Management: trouble at the top
Seventy-two per cent of the UK's top companies have replaced their CEOs in the last five years. So w...
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