Archive - 13 Nov 2000
PwC deal collapse raises partner concerns
The decision by HP to end negotiations for the $18bn purchase of PricewaterhouseCoopers' consulting ...
Cisco buys Active Voice for $266m
Cisco Systems has extended its interest in the voice over internet protocol (VOIP) market by acquiri...
False claim of MoD's surplus spectrum billions
The Radiocommunications Agency has dismissed as "speculative" reports in The Sunday Times tha...
IBM targets French SMEs with Linux suite
IBM France is to boost its open source software offerings for French SMEs with the launch of its Sma...
Gemplus ditches Bangalore in favour of Dubai
French smartcard manufacturer Gemplus is closing its research and development centre in Bangalore, a...
Emap halves web spend
Magazine and media giant Emap is to halve its internet spend and abandon plans to move its entire ra...
Bad relations could force Cegetel share sale by BT
BT may sell its share in French telco Cegetel as it continues to suffer bad relations with fellow sh...
Straw recruits 80 'cybercops' in £25m initiative
Home secretary Jack Straw today announced that 80 'cybercops' will be deployed in the UK to fight wh...
'Don't press this button' virus spreads despite its own advice
A virus called Navidad hit at least 75 US Fortune 500 companies last Friday according to anti-virus ...
Oftel tries to force BT's hand over net access debate
The prospect of widely available unmetered net access came one step closer today after Oftel interve...
Time is money for online shoppers
Online shoppers spend more the longer they have been internet users, according to the latest report ...
Intel announces increased chip speed
Intel today announced its fastest Celeron chips in a spoiling attack on rival AMD in what could be t...
Threefold boost for tech stock sector
The beleaguered tech stock sector received a much needed boost today with news of three companies fo...
FirstMark out of the broadband bidding
FirstMark Communications has pulled out of the broadband wireless spectrum auctions, as total biddin...
France Telecom secures Mauritian partnership
France Telecom has announced a 40 per cent capital stake in Mauritius Telecom in a deal reported to ...
HP scraps $18bn PwC merger
Hewlett Packard (HP) today officially scrapped its $18bn purchase of the consulting arm of Pricewate...
FTSE feels the fallout of US high-tech hitch
The FTSE 100 was down 97.1 points at lunchtime today as the after effects of the drop in the US mark...
Security measures may be virus carriers
Leading European security experts have warned that viruses may be spread through the use of public k...
UK lacking overseas credit for innovation
The UK is failing to get the credit it deserves for advances made in science and technology and is p...
Identity theft: security threats get personal
It's happened for years offline, but now identity theft is becoming a real issue for the online worl...
BT begins clear out with £460m Sunrise sale
BT is to set to raise £460m from the sale of its stake in Swiss telecom start-up Sunrise.
Switzerland calls off its 3G auction
The Swiss government has postponed its auction of next generation mobile phone licences after the in...
Cambridge Silicon Radio wins big backers
Cambridge Silicon Radio, the first company to put a radio on a chip to the Bluetooth standard, has r...
Asian characters take naming to a new domain
A test to take the language of domain names beyond English could undermine the stability of the inte...
Testing tech stock waters, BT's WAP lifeline and going to the toilet
Recent unrest in the tech stock sector has left three UK firms undeterred as they announce share off...
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